Recipe: Crisp Cookies

Title: Crisp Cookies
Categories: Penndutch, Cookies
Yield: 1 servings

1 c Butter or other shortening -
2 c Sugar -
3 Egg, well beaten -
1/2 c Milk -
1/2 ts Salt -
4 c Flour -
2 ts Baking powder -
1 ts Cinnamon -
1 ts Nutmeg -

DIRECTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------
Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually, and cream mixture until
light. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Sift 3 cups of the flour with the
salt, baking powder and spices and add alternately with the milk. Add
more flour to stiffen may require up to 5 cups flour). Chill for
several hours. Roll very thin and cut with cookie cutters. Put on
greased baking sheet and bake at 450-F about 7 minutes.
Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary
Arts Press, 1936.

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