Nutmeg Sugar Cookies

These cookies are unusually crisp, delicately flavored sugar cookies. From Sunset.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Yields: 36 cookies

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 lb butter or 1⁄4 lb margarine, at room temperature,about
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  salad oil
• 1  large egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2  cups all-purpose flour, about
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat 1/2 cup butter, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar until smooth.
2. Add oil, egg, and vanilla and beat until well blended.
3. In a medium bowl, mix 2 cups flour, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt.
4. Stir into butter mixture, then beat until well blended.
5. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and freeze until dough is firm, about 1 hour.
6. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place about 2 inches apart on buttered 12- by 15-inch baking sheets.
7. Press each cookie with the lightly floured tines of a fork to flatten slightly.
8. Bake cookies in a 350° regular or convection oven until edges are lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes; if baking two sheets at once in one oven, switch their positions halfway through baking.
9. Let cookies cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide spatula to transfer to racks to cool completely.