Step 1

Preheat oven to 350F and line a cookie sheet with parchment.

Step 2

In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt.

Step 3

Using a fork (or pastry cutter) cut the softened butter into your flour mixture until a crumbly mix is formed.

Step 4

Stir in powder sugar and add enough milk 1 tsp at a time and stir to combine a stiff non-sticky dough.

Step 5

On a lightly floured surface knead this a couple of times to make it smooth.

Step 6

At this point you can shape the cookies by hand, first making a ball and then flattening on parchment. Alternatively, roll the dough out less than 1/4 inch thick and cut out cookies, and repeat until no dough remains.

Step 7

I got 10 cookies this way.

Step 8

Prick the cookies with a fork to give them that ICONIC look.

Step 9

Bake cookies 15-20 minutes until slightly browned (they continue to cook on the cookie sheet out of the oven so don't overcook them).

Step 10

Let your cookies cool and enjoy!

Step 11

If making a chocolate ganache, add chocolate and nut butter into a bowl and microwave 30 sec at a time and stir until all chocolate is melted. Decorate your cookies and let it set in the fridge or freezer. Enjoy!