Diane's Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

3 1/2 c Sifted flour
2 1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1 1/2 Cubes sweet butter (6 oz)
2 ts Vanilla
1 1/2 c Granulated sugar
2 Eggs
1 tb Milk
2 tb Sour cream

Method:

Grate rind of one lemon. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Cream butter, sugar, sour cream, lemon peel and beat well.
Add eggs, one at a time, and then milk.
Gradually, add the sifted dry ingredients, scraping the bowl as necesary with a rubber spatula and beating only until thoroughly mixed.
Divide dough into 2 halves.
Wrap each batch with foil or plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator for 3 hours or longer.
Do not place dough in freezer.
Preheat oven to 400~.
Place one batch of dough on lightly floured pastry cloth.
Turn dough\ to flour all sides and roll out to desired thickness.
For very large cookies, 1/4-inch.
Cut the cookies as you wish.
Transfer cooies to ungreased cookie sheets.
If cookies are large and thick, place at least 2 inches apart.
Sprinkle the tops of the cookies generously with granulated sugar.
Bake until the cookies are lightly browned.
Large, thick cookies will need to bake for 10-12 minutes.
Transfer cookies to racks for cooling.