Rumford Sugar Cookies

A nice sugar cookie from the 1940s. It's fine to use milk instead of the water.

• Calories: 207 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons water

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

(Directions as written:) Cream fat and sugar, beat in whipped eggs, add baking powder and 1 cup flour, then water and spices; add remaining flour gradually, working in more flour until dough is stiff enough to roll.

Step 2

Sprinkle flour over pastry board. Make a ball of dough, lay it on the board. Rub rolling pin with flour and roll out dough into a sheet 1/4 inch thick. Cut in round cakes, sift granulated sugar over each, and bake quickly 400 - 450 F. (200 - 230 C).