3/4 stick butter
1 c. sugar
1 c. buttermilk
1/4 c. milk
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
Salt
1 tsp. vanilla
About 3 c. flour - add more if necessary

Blend butter, sugar and buttermilk. Add soda to 1/4 cup milk and blend with first 3 ingredients. Combine baking powder, flour and salt and add to mixture. Put in vanilla. Dough should be quite stiff and just a little sticky. Cool. Roll out dough one tablespoon at a time into pencil shape, and form into a figure 8 or circle. Bake 350 degrees until lightly brown on the bottom.