Jumbles (old fashioned cut out cookies--for girls on Live Chat--and anyone else)
6 cups of flour (don't add any more)
2 cups sugar
1 good cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup of milk with 1/2 tsp baking soda dissolved in it
2 tsp baking powder
Bake at 375 degrees for 6 mins (test the first tray to be sure your oven agrees)
Beat butter and sugar together till just nice and smoothe--don't over beat
Add eggs and beat just till mixed
Sift the flower into the batter alternating with the milk--don't handle any more than necessary
I put the baking soda in the sifter with the flour
Place in frig over night
Since these are cut out cookies, don't handle dough any more than necessary
You can't bake right away after mixing because they are pretty hard to handle unless very cold--flour up your cutting board and rolling pin and your hands and cookie cutters a little.ENJOY