Christmas Cookies And Icing - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 eggs
2 sticks butter
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. almond extract, or 2 tsp. nutmeg, or 1 1/2 Tbsp. vanilla
2 tsp. baking powder
7 1/2 cups flour

Preparation

Beat eggs. Add butter, sugar, milk and mix.
Mix soda and a little water (enough to stir) and add to mixture.
Sift flour and baking powder together and blend gradually into cookie mixture. Grease and flour cookie sheets.
Roll dough into 1/4 inch thickness and cut with Christmas cookie cutters and place on cookie sheets.
Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.