The Standard for Sugar Cookies

We got these ideas from a cooking shows, and it has become a regular standard in my house. My office at work has pictures of each of my children making them. They're very simple:

2 sticks of butter
1 Cup of Sugar
Cream together well

Add 1 Tbsp Milk, 1 egg, mix

Mix together:
3 Cups of Flour
1/4 Tsp Salt
3/4 Tsp Baking Powder.
Add slowly to wet ingredients

Refrigerate

Use a sifter to sprinkle powdered sugar on your rolling surface, then roll out the dough. Using powdered sugar instead of flour for rolling means not only do you eliminate the floury dust on sugar cookies, but it bakes over in a very subtle, sweet glaze-like finish in the oven.

Roll out 1/4 inch deep, cut with cookie cutters.

Bake for 8 minutes at 375, rotate half way through.