Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, cream together sugar, butter, milk, vanilla and egg.

2. Lightly spoon flour into a measuring cup, level off. Add the flour, baking powder and salt to creamed mix, mix well.

3. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour for easier handling.

4. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

5. On lightly floured surface, roll out 1/3 of the dough at a time to approximately 1/8 inch thickness (I don't whip out a measuring tape at this point--just an estimation--eyeball to the thickness that you prefer.).

6. Cut with desired cookie cutters.

7. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Decorate as desired.

8. Bake at 400 degrees 5-9 minutes until edges are very light golden. (In my oven, this takes about 6 minutes.) Be careful not to overbake (if you like soft cookies, as I do.).

9. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.