Snickerdoodles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 large whole eggs
2 egg yolks
3 1/3 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 c. broken pecans
ground nutmeg and sugar (for sprinkling)

Preparation

Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy in medium-sized bowl.
Beat in whole eggs and yolks.
Sift flour with baking soda and nutmeg.
Add to batter.
Fold in nuts.
Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour but not longer than overnight.
Roll into teaspoon-sized balls and place on buttered cookie sheet.
Gently flatten with bottom of glass dipped in sprinkling mixture, then lightly sift additional mixture over each cookie with spoon.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 10 to 12 minutes or until bottoms are lightly done, not brown.
Remove from cookie sheet while still warm and cool on wax paper-covered rack.
Store in airtight container with a couple pieces of bread in the bottom.