Sour Milk Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 c. sugar
• 3/4 c. butter
• 2 eggs
• 3 1/2 c. sour milk or cream
• About 2 c. flour, or as little as possible
• 3/4 tsp. soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter, add the sugar, and cream again.

2. 2

   Add the well-beaten egg and then the sour milk to which has been added the soda.

3. 3

   Mix the nutmeg, salt and flour, and add gradually to the mixture.

4. 4

   Use as little flour as possible, the softer the dough the better.

5. 5

   Roll out, cut, and bake as other cookies.

6. 6

   Makes 4 dozen cookies.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Domestic science, principles and application (1914) by Pearl La Verne Bailey, page 92. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

14 tsp. salt 3 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. vanilla (215) 216 DOMESTIC SCIENCE Method. — Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually, and cream well with a wooden spoon. Sift the salt and baking powder with the flour. Add the milk gradually to the sugar mixture, then the well beaten egg, then the vanilla, then the flour gradually to make a soft dough. Turn out on a floured board and roll a small portion at a time to J^ inch thickness. Cut with a floured cookie cutter, place on buttered pan and bake in a hot oven until slightly brown (about 10 minutes). Makes 4 dozen cookies. {Basis for 2 girls, }4 rule.) 2. Sour Milk Cookies 1 c. sugar 3^ tsp. soda 3^2 c. butter 14 tsp. salt 2 eggs 2 tsp. nutmeg 3^^ c. sour milk or cream About 2 c. flour, or as little as possible

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