Soft Sugar Cookies

1 cup butter or margarine

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Cream together butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla.

Add dry ingredients.

Chill throughly

Rollout on floured surface, thick.

Using cookie cutter, cut cookies.

Bake on ungreased cookie sheet (or parchment paper)

375 degrees for 6-8 minutes.

Do not allow cookies to turn brown.

Icing

Mix with hand mixer

1/4 cup melted margarine

4 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

Add

powdered sugar to desired consistency of icing.

Add food coloring.