Little Grandma's Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups butter
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• vanilla extract to taste
• 6 cups flour, all-purpose about, enough to make a stiff dough
• 1 1/2 cups sugar white
• 2 tablespoons butter
• light cream (half&half) enough to make creamy
• food coloring optional

1. Combine all ingredient and mix and form into dough.
2. Don't knead too much, very lightly.
3. Can chill a couple of hours or so.
4. Roll out on floured board to about 18 inch; to 1/4 inch and cut out and bake on ungreased sheets.
5. Bake at 350F (180C) F until very light brown on bottom, 6 to 8 minutes.
6. Can sugar the top of the dough and roll it in, or frost with cooked icing.
7. ICING: Combine icing ingredients, just enough light cream to make it creamy, add desired food colouring if needed, and cook to a soft ball stage.
8. Remove from heat and stir until it begins to thicken.
9. Spread quickly on cookies.

sugar, butter, eggs, buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla, flour, sugar white, butter, light cream, coloring optional

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/little-grandmas-old-fashioned-s-38810 (may not work)