Bev's Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies
Crisp, buttery cookies...yum!
List of Ingredients
2 cups butter (don't use margarine)
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
5 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Topping:
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Recipe
Beat butter, sugar and salt til well blended. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until pale and fluffy. Mix flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Stir into butter mixture. Chill 2 hours. Heat oven to 350. Shape heaping tspful of dough into 3/4" balls. Roll in topping mixture. Place on ungreased cookie sheets 2" apart. Press balls with bottom of drinking glass to flatten. Bake 12 minutes until golden brown around edges.
Source:
"from Bev L. - Highlands CC"