Favorite Cookies

Original Recipe

One cup of butter, one and a half cups of sugar, one-half cup of sour milk one level teaspoonful of soda, a teaspoonful of grated nutmeg Flour enough to roll; make quite soft. Put a tablespoonful of fine sugar on a plate and dip the tops of each as you cut them out. Place on buttered tins and bake in a quick oven a light brown.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup of butter
  • 1 and a half cups of sugar
  • 1 level teaspoonful of soda
  • 1 teaspoonful of grated nutmeg flour enough to roll
  • 1 tablespoonful of fine sugar on a plate and dip the tops of each as you cut them out
  • 1 quick oven a light brown

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One cup of butter, one and a half cups of sugar, one-half cup of sour milk one level teaspoonful of soda, a teaspoonful of grated nutmeg Flour enough to roll; make quite soft.

  2. 2

    Put a tablespoonful of fine sugar on a plate and dip the tops of each as you cut them out.

  3. 3

    Place on buttered tins and bake in a quick oven a light brown.

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