Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2-1/4 cups flour
• 2 small teaspoons baking powder
• 5 ounces sugar
• A little vanilla extract
• Two eggs
• 2-1/2 sticks butter

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients together by hand.
2. Chill dough overnight.
3. The next day, let dough sit at room temperature for a while, then roll it out thin.
4. Use whatever cookie cutter forms you desire, or press dough through a cookie machine.
5. Bake cookies for about fifteen minutes or so.

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