Great Grandma Candy's Cookie

Delicious sugar cookies with a bit of extra flavoring thrown in.

• Calories: 227 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¾ cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup milk
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ cup chopped pecans
• ⅓ cup butter
• 2 cups all-purpose flour (not sifted)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.

Step 2

Cream butter, sugar, egg and vanilla extract. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl; stir to combine. Sift flour mixture over butter mixture. Add vanilla extract and milk; stir until dough is smooth. Mix pecans into dough. Refrigerate dough for several hours to overnight.

Step 3

Turn dough out onto floured work surface and knead until workable. Roll out into a sheet about 1/4 inch thick and cut into circles with a cookie cutter. Arrange cookies on a cookie sheet.

Step 4

Bake until lightly golden, about 10 minutes.