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Neverfail Sugar Cookies
(from The Mormon Cookbook 1963)

Cream together:

1 cup butter

1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs

Sift together:
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

Add to dry ingredients to creamed mixture and mix well. Refrigerate dough for 4 hours or overnight. Divide dough into 2 balls and roll out to a 1/4 inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut out cookies and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees. Allow cookies to cool then decorate with Butter Cream Icing.

Butter Cream Icing

1/2 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1/8 cup milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Cream together butter, extract, and powdered sugar. Gradually add milk to desired consistency. (Remember: using liquid food coloring will thin the frosting, so leave the base a little thicker than you want it to be.)

This recipe makes about 30 cut out cookies.