Christmas Sugar Cookies

Name: Christmas Sugar Cookies
Yield: Makes about 100 cookies, depending on size
Ingredients: 4 tsp. baking powder; 1¼ c. soft butter; 1 tsp. ground nutmeg; 2 c. sugar; 2 eggs; 5 c. flour; 1 tsp. salt; ½ c. milk

Preparation info

Makes about
100
cookies, depending on size

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Farm Journal readers say this is their favorite cookie for Christmas tree

Ingredients

1¼ c. soft butter
2 c. sugar
2 eggs

Christmas
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat until fluffy.
Stir together dry ingredients and add alternately with milk to creamed mixture. If dough is sticky, add flour to handle.
Roll ¼" thick on well-floured pastry cloth; cut. Place bake-on decorations on cookies. Bake on ungreased baking sheet in moderate oven (375°) 8 minutes. Cool on racks.