Sugar Cookies

Welcome to the forty-seventh post in my year-long Cookie Series, where I want to bring you a new and delicious cookie recipe every Tuesday of 2015!

Not only are sugar cookies simple, classic and delicious, they have the word "sugar" in their name.

What's not to love?

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SUGAR COOKIES

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 cup milk

DIRECTIONS:

1. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
2. In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugar.
3. Add the eggs, vanilla and milk.
4. Slowly mix in the dry ingredients.
5. Divide the dough into 3 sections.
6. Cover each section and refrigerate anywhere from an 1 hour to several days.
7. Preheat oven to 375.
8. Flour a work surface and evenly roll out one of the sections. Cut the dough into whatever shape you want and then place each cookie on a greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet.
9. Repeat step 7 with the other 2 sections.
10. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes.
11. Enjoy!

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