grandma's Sugar cookies

1 cup real butter
1 1/5 cups confectioners sugar
1 egg
2-3 tsp flavoring (almond)
2 1/2- 2 3/4 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

cream together butter and conf. sugar.  crack egg in separate bowl and add the flavoring.  I use emulsions but extract works.  add that to the butter/sugar and mix until the egg is throughly incorporated
in separate bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, and salt.  add a little by little.  can tell dough is ready when most sticks to paddle.  when touch has a little give and doesn't stick to finger

roll out about 1/4 inch.
cut, bake 400 for 7-8 minutes