Rumford Sugar Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

(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.
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).