Grandma Grimes' Sugar Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 c. plain flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 c. shortening
1 c. buttermilk

Preparation

Combine flour, baking powder, nutmeg, vanilla and sugar in a bowl.
Add soda to buttermilk.
Add eggs, shortening and buttermilk with soda to other ingredients.
Knead as for biscuits. Sprinkle with flour if necessary.
Roll thin on pastry sheet. Cut with cookie cutter.
Sprinkle each cookie with sugar.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 10 to 12 minutes or until brown.