Grandma Ranft's Tea Cakes

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 3 eggs
• 4 T milk or cream
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 2t baking powder
• 1/2 t salt

Cream sugar and butter. Add eggs and milk. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt. Chill dough. Roll into ping-pong sized balls with hands and set on greased cookie sheet. Bake about 10 to 12 minutes until set – not brown – in 350° oven.