Grandma Lucile's Sugar Cookie

2/3 C butter or marj. for baking     

1 C    sugar                               

1/2 t   vanilla                             

2       eggs                                

1/4 C  milk                                

3 C     flour                                

2 t      baking powder                 

1/2 t   salt                                 

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream buter and sugar together till fluffy.  Add vanilla and eggs, mix well.  Mix the dry ingredients alternately with the milk and mix well.  Chill for 1 hour or till cold.  Roll out on a floured board to 1/4 " thick.  Cut in desired shapes and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 12-15 min at 350 oven.  Cool and frost!  Yum!

Amy's tips:  I found that butter is the only way to go on these cookies, they taste so good.  Also, 11 minutes seemed like the perfect amount of time to bake.  I like them to be baked, but not brown on the bottom so that they stay soft.  I usually double the recipe but tripling doesn't work out... its just too much dough.  I also like to frost them with cream cheese/butter frosting.  Yeah, not the healthiest thing but when you only have them a couple times a year, its worth it.