Rumford Sugar Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

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

Nutrition Info

206.9 calories
carbohydrate: 28.9 g
cholesterol: 23.3 mg
fat: 9.4 g
fiber: 0.5 g
protein: 2.4 g
saturatedFat: 2.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 70.2 mg
sugar: 16.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  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.

  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).

Recipe Yield

4 dozen

Recipe Note

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

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