Dessert (Cookies )

Mom s Old Fashioned Sugar Cookie

Contributor: Maurice


2 cups sugar
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
1 tsp lemon extract
1/2 cup margarine
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 tsp baking powder
4 cups flour

Cream together sugar, Crisco and margarine. Add eggs. Mix well. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk and stir into sugar mixture. Add dry ingredients. Stir until blended well. Refrigerate 2 hours. Drop by teaspoon on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. Frost with powdered sugar frosting sprinkled with colored sugar
Edition: 5