These are the sugar cookies my mother-in-law used to make and she got the recipe from a booklet printed by my husband's grade school teacher of recipes from the class moms sometime in the 50s.
They are very good plain and the thinner the better.
Cream together:
1/4 pound butter
1 cup white sugar
Mix together:
1 large egg
2 Tablespoons milk
1 teaspoons vanilla extract
Mix together:
2 cups white flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Add the egg mixture to the butter mixture then add the flour mixture in.
Add enough additional flour to make a stiff dough if necessary.
Divide into quarters, pat into flattened burger like shapes and refrigerate about 30 minutes.
Remove one quarter at a time to roll. Roll out, using as little flour as possible on table
and rolling pin, cut with a cookie cutter and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake at 400 degrees for 6 to 8 minutes until just lightly brown. Beware, they burn easily.
Slip off cookie sheet en-mass by slipping off the parchment paper. Allow to cool enough to harden before removing from the paper.
Decorating:
Ice, decorate as you wish, it really isn't needed for the taste.
Some people like to sprinkle with colored sugar prior to baking.
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