Sugar Cookies
2/3 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 teaspoons milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups flour
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Blend in egg, vanilla, and milk. Combine dry ingredients and mix well. Divide dough in half and chill 1 hour. Roll dough 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured surface and cut with cookie cutters, or roll into tube and slice. Bake at 375 degrees for 6-8 minutes, or until edges begin to brown.
Some Gift Ideas:
1.) Oversized coffee mugs, antique china cups and saucers, and whimsical trays are easy to fill and give away. It's fun to add sample-sized packets of gourmet coffee or tea to them.
2.) Cellophane-wrap a batch of cookies and tuck it into a flower pot for an avid gardener. Tuck in a package of flower seeds, too.
3.) Grandma loves getting a basket filled with cookies!
4.) A single mother would love a jar mix to make with her kids.
5.) Teachers and secretaries are delighted to find a decorated bag of cookies on their desks - fold over the top, punch two holes, and thread raffia or curling ribbon through the holes to make it festive.
6.) The mail carrier would enjoy a decorated envelope brimming with them.
7.) The dog would love a good munchy too! Mold scrapes at the end of a batch into the shape of bone for Fido!
Enjoy and remember that nothing is sweeter than Christ in your life!
