Great Grandma'S Sugar Cookies(Cake-Like Sugar Cookies) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1/2 c. margarine
1 c. buttermilk
2 tsp. baking soda
salt
1 tsp. baking powder
5 c. flour

Preparation

Cream sugar, eggs and margarine.
Sift dry ingredients together in a separate bowl.
Add to creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
Mix thoroughly.
Chill dough for 2 to 3 hours.
Keep unused dough refrigerated while patting out other small portions on heavily floured board.
Cut with shaped cookie cutters.
Don't pat dough less than 1/4-inch thickness, the thicker the cookie the better cake-like texture.
Let stand on ungreased cookie sheet for 5 minutes before baking.
Bake at 400\u00b0 for 5 to 7 minutes.