No Fail Sugar Cookies

1/2 cup Butter
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 to 2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla

cream together first ingredients, then the rest
of the items and mix together. Divide dought in two parts.
chill 1 to 2 hours so it will be easy to handle.
roll dough, one part at a time, to 1/8 inch thickness
and cut with cookie cutters. Keep other part of dough
chilled until ready to roll. Transfer to cookie sheet and
bake 350 for 10 minutes. cool, frost
makes approximately 2 dozen cutout cookies

Chewy Peanut Butter Blossoms

About 48 HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
3/4 cup REESE'S Creamy Peanut Butter
2 cups all-purpose biscuit baking mix
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
About 1/4 cup sugar (awww...real sugar)


Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from chocolate pieces.

2. Beat sweetened condensed milk and peanut butter in large bowl until smooth. Add baking mix and vanilla; blend well. Shape into 1-inch balls; roll in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until very lightly browned (do not overbake). Remove from oven; immediately press chocolate piece in center of each ball. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completley. Store in tightly covered container. About 48 cookies.