Sugar Cookies

This is one of my favorite cookie recipes and it's so simple!

Ingredients

2/3 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 egg

1 Tbsp milk

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees.

2. Beat butter w/ electric mixer (I used my stand mixer) on high speed for 30 seconds.  Add sugar, baking powder, and salt.  Beat until combined.  Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla.  Beat as much of the flour as you can w/ mixer. Stir in any remaining flour.  Cover and chill dough for at least 30 minutes.

3. On a lightly floured surface, roll half the dough at a time until 1/4 inch thick.  For best results, keep the half you're not working with in the refrigerator.  Cut into desired shapes.  Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

4. Bake 16-18 minutes or until edges are firm and bottoms are lightly browned (Add 3-4 minutes for insulated baking sheets).  Transfer to a wire rack (or counter) and let cool.  Let cool completely before frosting - I used Wilton Cookie Icing that I found at Target.

Enjoy!