soft sugar cookies ii

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 1/4 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom
• 1/2 cup milk

Recipe

• in a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and 2 cups of the sugar. add eggs one at a time and beat well after each. combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and 1 teaspoon of the cardamom. add flour mixture to the creamed butter mixture alternately with the milk.
• in a small separate bowl, blend remaining sugar and cardamom. dip rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into sugar/cardamom mixture.
• place on greased baking sheets. bake at 375 degrees f (190 degrees c) for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. cool on wire racks.