Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

• 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

1. Preheat oven to 375u0b0.
2. Sift flour; measure.
3. Add baking powder and salt; sift again.
4. Cream butter or margarine thoroughly; gradually add sugar, creaming until fluffy.
5. Add beaten eggs, flavoring and liquid.
6. 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.
7. Cut with floured 2 to 3-inch cookie cutter.
8. Lift with spatula to ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at shelf position B (below center of oven) for 8 to 10 minutes.
9. Cool on wire rack.
10. Cookies may be brushed with milk or buttermilk and sprinkled with sugar before baking.
11. Can also make these as drop cookies; edges will be brown on these.

flour, salt, doubleacting baking powder, butter, sugar, eggs, cream, vanilla

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=433441 (may not work)