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Plain Cookies

½ cup butter or shortening

2 cups flour

½ cup sugar

⅛ teaspoon salt

½ cup milk

2 teaspoons baking-powder

1 egg

½ teaspoon vanilla

Cream together thoroughly the butter or shortening and the sugar. Add the slightly beaten egg. Mix and sift the dry mixture. ingredients and add alternately with the milk to the first and Add flavoring. Toss on lightly floured board, roll thin, cut oven place on a greased baking-sheet. Bake in a moderate (350° F.) twelve to fifteen minutes.