Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter (not margarine)
3/4 c. sugar
1 egg or 2 egg yolks
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. cream or milk
1 1/4 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder

Preparation

Cream the butter until light and fluffy.
Beat in the sugar. Add the egg or egg yolks and vanilla.
Beat thoroughly. Add the cream or milk.
Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder and stir in.
Mix well and arrange by teaspoonfuls on a buttered cookie sheet 1-inch apart. Bake about 8 minutes at 375\u00b0.
Makes 50 to 60 cookies.