Large Batch Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 lb butter, at room temp
• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 5 tablespoons milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 6 cups all-purpose white flour

Directions

1. 1

   Mix together flour, salt, soda, and baking powder and set aside.

2. 2

   Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well. Add vanilla, beat. Add milk, beat. Slowly add in the flour mixture, one to two cups at a time, and mix well.

3. 3

   When all ingredients have been added in, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least two hours or overnight before baking.

4. 4

   Before baking, preheat the oven to 350.

5. 5

   Scoop dough by teaspoon-fulls and roll into balls, then place onto cookie sheet. Use a kitchen glass dipped in white sugar to flatten the balls of dough. Bake in preheated oven aprox 12 min, or until golden.

6. 6

   Let set on cookie sheet for aprox 3 min, until firm, then transfer to cooling rack, or wax paper, to cool completely.

7. 7

   *These can also be sprinkled with Cinnamon before baking to make Snickerdoodle or Spice Cookies.