Grandma Abbey's Christmas Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, or as needed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 25 mins


• cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl. add eggs and beat until light and fluffy. combine the nutmeg, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a small bowl. stir in the buttermilk and add this mixture to the creamed ingredients. gradually stir in the flour one cup at a time. if dough is still too sticky to roll, gradually add more flour until you can form the dough into a ball. cover and chill dough for at least an hour.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). roll dough out to 1/4 inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. cut into shapes and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• bake until no indentation remains when cookies are lightly touched, about 10 minutes. cool cookies on rack.