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Ingredients
- Prep time: 15 mins
- Cook time: 10 mins
- Total time: 25 mins
- Classic cut out sugar cookies
- Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter – softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 Tbls milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
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