Sugar Cookies

This is my favorite sugar cookie recipe, I usually double it. I found it in The Harmony Kitchen Cookbook published by the Twin Falls Chapter of Sweet Adelines, April 1977.  In the picture above I made mini cookies and sandwiched them with frosting.

3/4 cup soft butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla

Beat sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla. Add dry ingredients. Chill 1 hour or until firm. Roll dough to 1/4" thickness. Cut dough in to desired shapes. Bake at 375 for 8 - 10 minutes or until pale brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Frost.