Plain Cookies

Ingredients

 * 1/3 cup butter or shortening
 * ½ cup sugar
 * 1 egg
 * 2 teaspoons baking powder
 * 2 cups flour
 * 1/8 teaspoon salt
 * ½ cup milk
 * ½ teaspoon vanilla

Directions
To prepare this Plain Cookies Recipe 1, first cream together thoroughly the butter or shortening and the sugar. Add the slightly beaten egg. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternatively with the milk to the first mixture. Add flavoring. Toss on lightly floured board, roll thin, cut and place on a greased baking sheet. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) Twelve to fifteen minutes.