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Grandmother Pitchforth's Sugar Cookies

½ cup butter

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1 T milk

2½ cups sifted flour

2 t baking powder

1 t vanilla (I use ½ t. vanilla and ½ t. almond)

Cream butter, add sugar and beat until light.  Add beaten eggs, milk and flavoring.  Sift flour with baking powder together and add.  Chill dough then roll and cut into shapes as desired.  Sprinkle with colored sugar before baking.  Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes.