Roll-Out Cookies

Directions

1. 1
   Pre-heat oven to 400°.
2. 2
   Cream butter and sugar, beat in egg and vanilla. Mix baking powder and flour, add to creamed mixture one cup at a time, mixing after each addition.
3. 3
   The dough will be very stiff; blend last flour in by hand (if dough becomes too stiff, add water a teaspoon at a time).
4. 4
   Do not child dough.
5. 5
   Roll out on a floured surface to 1/8 inch thick.
6. 6
   Dip cutters into flour before each use.
7. 7
   Bake cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet on top rack of oven for 6-8 minutes until cookies are lightly browned.