Italian Christmas Cookies

I helped my grandma bake Italian Christmas cookies tonight. They turned out nice and crisp, just like they are supposed to be. My grams just gets a little carried away with the sprinkles.

Ingredients

3 eggs
1 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1/2 stick of butter
2 1/2 cups of flour
4 teaspoons of baking powder

Directions

1. Beat eggs in a bowl, then add sugar and vanilla and mix
2. Add melted butter to the bowl and mix
3. Put the flour and baking soda in another bowl
4. Then combine the flour and baking soda to the other mixture and mix it all together (you may have to add more flour--the dough should not be very overly sticky)
5. Place flour on a table and roll the dough out over the flour
6. Use cookie cutters to cut out the various shapes of dough
7. Place the cut-out dough on a greased cookie sheet (grease with butter)
8. Take a brush and brush the top of each cookie with egg wash
9. Bake at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes