Rumford Sugar Cookies

Serves: 3

Santiago Howell

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

54

Spice

47

Sweetness

48

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 cups

White Sugar

1 cup

Shortening

3

Eggs

2 tbsps

Water

3 tsps

Baking Powder

1 tsp

Ground Nutmeg

1 tsp

Ground Cloves

3 cups

All-Purpose Flour

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

3

Make a ball of dough, lay it on the board

4

Rub rolling pin with flour and roll out dough into a sheet 1/4 inch thick

5

Cut in round cakes, sift granulated sugar over each, and bake quickly 400 - 450 F

6

(200 - 230 C)