Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• one half cup of shortening
• one cup of sugar
• two eggs well beaten
• one half cup of sour milk
• three cups of flour
• one fourth teaspoon of soda
• one half teaspoon of salt
• one fourth teaspoon of nutmeg
• one half teaspoon of vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Cream shortening, add sugar gradually, then eggs and sour milk.

2. 2

   Mix flour, soda, salt, and nutmeg, then add to the mixture.

3. 3

   Roll out to 0.25 inch thick, cut, and bake in a hot oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Principles of cooking (1914) by Emma Conley, page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sugar Cookies. — Cream one half cup of shortening, add one cup of sugar gradually, then add two eggs well beaten, and one half cup of sour milk; add three cups of flour, one fourth teaspoon of soda, one half teaspoon of salt, one fourth teaspoon of nutmeg, sifted together, and one half teaspoon of vanilla

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