Sugar Cookies
For chocolate sugar cookies, add 2 squares of unsweetened chocolate, melted, just before adding flour mixture and
milk. For butterscotch sugar cookies, substitute 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar for the sugar.
Ingredients
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon sugar
Preheat oven to 400F.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Cream together butter and sugar; add egg and beat until smooth and fluffy. Stir in vanilla and milk.
Add flour mixture and blend thoroughly. Chill cookie dough until easy to handle. Roll out half of dough at a time. Roll out to 1/4-inch thickness on lightly floured board. Cut with cookie cutter. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet and sprinkle with sugar. Bake 6 to 10 minutes. Remove cookies to wire racks to cool.