Soft Sugar Cookies

11 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 12 teaspoon salt
  • 4 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 12 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream sugars, shortening, eggs, beat.
  2. 2
    Add flour, salt, baking powder and nutmeg.
  3. 3
    Alternately with buttermilk in which soda has been dissolved.
  4. 4
    Refrigerate for 1 hour.
  5. 5
    Roll and cut and drop on greased cookie sheet and press down with a wet cloth over a glass.
  6. 6
    Dip cloth in dish of sugar before pressing cookie.
  7. 7
    Bake in oven at 350-400 for 8-12 minutes.

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