Cream together in large bowl:

1 c. (2 sticks) melted butter
1 c. sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
4 tbsp. milk

Sift together:

3 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda

Cream together butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and milk. Sift the 3 dry ingredients together and then add to creamed mixture. Mix together well.

On floured board spoon out a small amount of the dough. Work a small amount of flour into the dough. Roll out to desired thickness. Dip cookie cutter in flour before cutting out desired shapes. Place cookies on Pam sprayed cookie sheet. You can add colored sugar on top of the cookies before baking or you can put icing on the baked and cooled cookies.