Sugar Cookies

This is it!  If you are looking for a REALLY good sugar cookie then you have come to the right place.  I can't count how many sugar cookie recipes I have tried and I don't think I will be trying a new one soon thanks to Jill Dorrough, our husbands are cousins.  I have always gotten rave reviews when I have made these so I am now passing it along to you!  This recipe makes a lot!! 

1 1/2 c butter

2 c sugar

4 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

5 1/4 c flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

Cream cold butter and sugar in Kitchenaid with paddle attachment.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Soft dry ingredients add to butter mixture.  Chill dough.  Roll out 1/4 inch thick and cut into shapes.  Bake at 400 for 8  minutes or until barely set.

Frosting

Beat one cube of butter until soft.  Add 1 tsp vanilla, a pinch of salt, and 6 cups of powdered sugar.  Add milk one tablespoon at a time until the desired consistency.