Evelyn Vandertook's Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 2 hrs 14 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 6 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 1/2 cups flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

Recipe

• 1 cream sugar and butter.
• 2 mix in egg and flour.
• 3 blend dry ingredients and stir in .
• 4 refrigerate 2 or 3 hours.
• 5 divide dough in half and roll out. ("you must roll out on lightly floured pastry cloth about 3/16 inch thick." - i guess that means get out the cookie cutters?).
• 6 place on lightly greased baking sheet.
• 7 bake 7-8 minutes in a 375°f oven.