Soft Sugar Cookies

I can't recall where I found this, just posting for safe keeping.

• Ready In: 23 mins
• Serves: 84
• Yields: 7 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup brown sugar, packed
• 1  cup white sugar
• 1  cup shortening
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 4  cups flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 2  eggs
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 1  cup buttermilk
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions

1. Cream sugars, shortening, eggs, beat. Add flour, salt, baking powder and nutmeg. Alternately with buttermilk in which soda has been dissolved.
2. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Roll and cut and drop on greased cookie sheet and press down with a wet cloth over a glass. Dip cloth in dish of sugar before pressing cookie.
3. Bake in oven at 350-400 for 8-12 minutes.