Crisp Cookies

Original Recipe

One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three eggs well beaten, a teaspoonful of soda and two of cream of tartar, spoonful of milk, one teaspoonful of nutmeg and one of cinnamon. Flour enough to make a soft dough just stiff enough to roll out. Try a pint of sifted flour to begin with, working it in gradually. Spread a little sweet milk over each and sprinkle with sugar. Bake in a quick oven a light brown.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup of butter
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 3 eggs well beaten
  • 1 teaspoonful of soda and two of cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoonful of nutmeg and one of cinnamon
  • 1 soft dough just stiff enough to roll out
  • 1 pint of sifted flour to begin with
  • 1 little sweet milk over each and sprinkle with sugar
  • 1 quick oven a light brown

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three eggs well beaten, a teaspoonful of soda and two of cream of tartar, spoonful of milk, one teaspoonful of nutmeg and one of cinnamon.

  2. 2

    Flour enough to make a soft dough just stiff enough to roll out.

  3. 3

    Try a pint of sifted flour to begin with, working it in gradually.

  4. 4

    Spread a little sweet milk over each and sprinkle with sugar.

  5. 5

    Bake in a quick oven a light brown.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book , Very Nice (1887)