Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/4 c. sifted flour
1/4 tsp. salt (optional)
2 tsp. double-acting baking powder
1/2 c. butter or margarine
1 c. sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
2 Tbsp. cream or buttermilk (can use evaporated milk)
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla or lemon flavoring

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0.
Sift flour; measure.
Add baking powder and salt; sift again.
Cream butter or margarine thoroughly; gradually add sugar, creaming until fluffy.
Add beaten eggs, flavoring and liquid.
Add and blend in flour, one-third at a time. Dough should be soft but just firm enough to roll out on a lightly floured board to about 1/4-inch thickness.
Cut with floured 2 to 3-inch cookie cutter.
Lift with spatula to ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at shelf position B (below center of oven) for 8 to 10 minutes.
Cool on wire rack.
Cookies may be brushed with milk or buttermilk and sprinkled with sugar before baking.
Can also make these as drop cookies; edges will be brown on these.