Recipe Baking: BUTTER CHRISTMAS COOKIES

   2 c. sugar
1/2 lb. butter, DO NOT SUBSTITUTE
2 eggs
6 tbsp. whole milk
2 tsp. baking powder
Approx. 5 c. white flour

Beat butter with sugar with an electric beater. Add eggs, then milk. Put the 2 teaspoons of baking powder in with 4 cups of the flour. Mix by hand until thoroughly blended. Then add more flour slowly until batter is the consistency of a soft pie dough. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. If dough gets too cold and is hard to work with, let set at room temperature for a while. Roll small pieces of dough on floured surface, as thin as possible, but still able to transfer on ungreased cookie sheet with a spatula. Bake at 420 degrees until lightly browned, approximately 4 minutes. Watch them carefully because they brown quickly.

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