Old Fashioned Butter Cookies

Makes 6-7 dozen

3 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 cup butter

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg

2 Tbsp cream/milk

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Sift flour with baking powder and salt.

Cream butter, gradually add sugar, creaming well. Stir in egg, cream, vanilla. Add dry ingredients. Chill if necessary.

Roll out 1/3 of the dough at a time, on a floured surface, to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. (I put parchment on the cookie sheet.)

Bake 5-8 minutes. (Do not brown.)

Watch the cookies closely the first few times to make certain you can adjust the cooking time based on your oven.