Cream together your butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.Slowly add this to the butter mixture. Finally, at a low speed, add in the milk and vanilla. Separate the dough into halves and wrap in plastic or store in Tupperware. Refrigerate until the dough is as firm as a stick of butter.
Now is the time to preheat your oven to 350F (180C)and line two baking sheets with parchment or silicone liners. Remember that you can re-use parchment sheets between batches! Once your dough is firm enough roll out on a lightly floured surface. once your dough is rolled to about 1/8in to 1/4in thickness, use a cookie cutter to cut out whatever shapes your heart desires. Re-roll the scraps and repeat.
As you move the cut cookies onto your cookie tray, bake you batches of cookies once sheet at a time for 10 to 12 minutes, rotating the cookie sheet 180 degrees, halfway through baking. This ensures that all the cookies
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