Beat the butter, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl, then add the orange juice, vanilla and baking powder.

Add flour one half cup at a time, stirring until it is a thick dough. If your dough seems to be getting too dry as you add the flour, hold back a couple of tablespoons. If you weighed out 8 oz/230 grams), you should end up using it all.

Divide the dough into 2 pieces, wrap each piece in plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.

Roll each section into a 14 inch circle, cut out into shapes and bake at 350 for 14 minutes.

Yield will vary depending on the size of your cutters, but if you use small cutters you'll get at least 5 dozen.