Mom's Nutmeg Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 2 cups sugar (i used raw cane)
• 2 eggs (organic please)
• 1 cup sour milk
• 5 1/2 cups flour (i used whole wheat pastry)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder (non-aluminum please)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg (fresh ground works best)
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Recipe

• 1 let the butter and eggs come to room temperature.
• 2 cream the butter and sugar together in a standing mixer. you want a nice light yellow fluffy mixture. add eggs and mix well after each egg.
• 3 in another bowl combine the dry ingredients. add it to the butter/sugar/egg mixture alternating with the sour milk. refrigerate the dough until its stiff.
• 4 i left mine over night but a couple of hours would probably be ok.
• 5 roll the cookies out on a floured surface to about 1/4 inch. cut out with decorative shapes.
• 6 bake at 350'f for 10 minutes.
• 7 do not over bake.
• 8 you can frost these once they are cool, or sprinkle them with sugar before you bake them.
• 9 this makes a lot of cookies, so share them with your friends and family.
• 10 make sure the cookies are totally cooled before putting them in a tin.
• 11 bon appetit.