Mom's sugar cookies

Butter, room temperature	1 cup
Sugar	1 cup + 2 tablespoons
Egg, room temperature	1
Milk	1 tablespoon
Vanilla extract	1 teaspoon
Flour, all-purpose	2 ¾ cups
Baking powder	1 teaspoon

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. 
2. Cream butter; gradually add sugar and beat. 
3. Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla. 
4. Combine flour and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture.
5. Make balls from the dough, using a soup spoon to measure.
6. Flatten the dough balls with a glass bottom that has been coated with sugar (2 tablespoons in a bowl).
   Note: Press the glass into the dough initially so that the sugar sticks to the bottom of the glass.
7. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

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