Print Recipe
Soft Sugar Cookies
 
recipe image
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 8 Minutes
Ready In: 23 Minutes
Servings: 24
I can't recall where I found this, just posting for safe keeping.
Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup white sugar
1 cup shortening
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Directions:
1. Cream sugars, shortening, eggs, beat. Add flour, salt, baking powder and nutmeg. Alternately with buttermilk in which soda has been dissolved.
2. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Roll and cut and drop on greased cookie sheet and press down with a wet cloth over a glass. Dip cloth in dish of sugar before pressing cookie.
3. Bake in oven at 350-400 for 8-12 minutes.
By RecipeOfHealth.com