Old-Fashioned Christmas Cut Outs

Ingredients

• 1 lb soft margarine or butter
• 4 c sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 1 12 c milk
• 12 c flour
• 12 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla or other preferred flavoring
• 2 tsp salt

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients adding flour cup at a time last
2. May require a bit more or less flour dough should be easy to roll and not too sticky
3. Roll out to about 18-inch thick dont make it too thin cookies are supposed to be soft and fluffy not thin and crusty
4. Place on cookie sheet not too close together and bake at 375 for about 8 to 10 minutes depending on thickness When done the backs of the cookies should be a very light shade of tan not dark
5. Remove from cookie sheet and place on a flat surface to cool
6. After cookies are completely cooled you can frost and decorate
7. Makes about 10 to 12 dozen