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Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
Cream the butter, then gradually add the sugar, beating until light.
Add the egg, vanilla and cream or milk, and beat thoroughly.
Mix the flour, salt, and baking powder together, add to the first mixture, and blend well.
Arrange by teaspoonfuls on cookie sheets, 1 inch apart.
Bake for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
For filled sugar cookies, add about ¼ cup flour to the dough, just enough so that it can be rolled out.
Roll ¼ inch thick and cut into 3-inch circles.
Spread half the circles with jam, jelly, mincemeat or fruit and nut filling.
Cover with the remaining circles and press the edges together with a fork.
Prick well.
Bake on buttered cookie sheets in a preheated 325ºF oven until lightly browned, about 12 minutes.