Instructions

  1. Cream sugar and butter.
  2. Add egg, milk, and vanilla; beat well.
  3. Stir together flour, baking powder, mace, and 1/2 teaspoon salt; blend into creamed mixture.
  4. Divide in half.
  5. Cover; chill 1 hour.
  6. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  7. On lightly floured surface, roll each half to 1/8-inch thickness, if dough is too soft to roll and cut nicely knead in more flour, a little at a time, until it's a good consistency. .
  8. Cut with cookie cutters.
  9. Sprinkle with vanilla sugar if using.
  10. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at for 7 to 8 minutes.