Becky's Sugar Cookies

Becky's Sugar Cookies

1 cube butter

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

4 tsp vanilla

4 cups flour

scant tsp salt

2 tsp baking powder

Cream together the butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla, mix well. Ini a separate bowl, sift the flour, salt and baking powder together. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture a little at a time, lightly mnixing each time you add flour. Shape into a ball and put in refrigerator for a while.

Lightly flour the counter or cutting board and roll out the dough (if it is too sticky add more flour on the counter and work it into the dough until you can roll amd make the shapes you want without it falling apart. Be careful not to make the dough too stiff.

Bake at 375 degrees for about 5 minutes.