3 eggs
2 sticks butter
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. almond extract, or 2 tsp. nutmeg, or 1 1/2 Tbsp. vanilla
2 tsp. baking powder
7 1/2 cups flour

Beat eggs. Add butter, sugar, milk and mix. Mix soda and a little water (enough to stir) and add to mixture. Sift flour and baking powder together and blend gradually into cookie mixture. Grease and flour cookie sheets. Roll dough into 1/4 inch thickness and cut with Christmas cookie cutters and place on cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

2 cups powdered sugar
3 Tbsp. evaporated milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1-3 drops of food coloring

Sift powdered sugar and stir in milk until mixture reaches icing consistency. Add vanilla extract for flavor and stir. Divide icing into containers and add food coloring to each container to obtain desired colors. Ice cookies after they have cooled. Allow icing to dry before moving cookies.