Sugar Cookies

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Vanilla, lemon or almond flavouring
1 tsp. Soda
4 ½ cups flour.

Cream together butter, sugar, eggs, salt, flavour and soda. Add flour and shape dough into an oval roll and wrap in wax paper or place into a plastic bag. Chill at least two hours.

Preheat oven to 350˚F. Take out ¼ or less of the dough. Keep remaining dough chilled. On floured surface, roll to ¼ to 3/8 inch thickness. With floured cutter, cut dough. With spatula, lift cutter and dough. With thumb, rub cutting edge clean of dough. Then, using thumb, gently press dough into design of the cutter. Be very careful never to press closer than ¼ inch from edge of the cutter. Slap cutter down on table or cookie sheet and dough will come right out. Flour cutter before cutting next cookie. Bake cookies 12 to 15 minutes. Do not allow to brown. Cool thoroughly before decorating.