Old-Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. vanilla
2 eggs, beaten
5 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar; add vanilla and eggs.
Add flour, salt and baking powder.
Then mix in the buttermilk to which the soda has been added.
Mix well.
Chill dough thoroughly.
Roll out onto a floured pastry cloth or table until dough is about 1/4-inch thick.
Cut out desired shapes with cookie cutters. Bake at 400\u00b0 for 8 to 10 minutes or until slightly browned. Overbaking makes them crisp.