Instructions: In a mixing
bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, milk and extract. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and chill for 2 hours. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/8" thickness. Cut with a 2" cookie cutter dipped in flour. Place 2" apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar if desired. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-9 minutes or until the edges just begin to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Yield: about 13 dozen.

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