Nutmeg Softies
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
3 dozen
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 1 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups flour
- colored coarse sugar, for decoration
directions
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
- Add the sugar, soda, nutmeg, and salt.
- Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
- Beat in sour cream, egg, and vanilla until combined.
- Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer.
- Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour (dough will be sticky). Divide dough into thirds.
- Cover and chill in the fridge about 2 hours or until easy to handle.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll one portion of dough at a time to 1/4-inch thickness.
- Using a floured 3-inch cookie cutter, cut out dough.
- Place cutouts on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Sprinkle with colored sugar.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven about 10 minutes or until edges of cookies are firm.
- Transfer cookies to a wire rack; cool completely.
- TO MAKE AHEAD:.
- Bake cookies as directed and cool completely. Place in the freezer container or bag and freeze for up to 3 months.
- Before serving, thaw cookies about 15 minutes.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Zuleika L.
Edinburgh
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I am a proud mother of three healthy boys aged 15,11 and 5. I'm originally from the tiny island of Bermuda and have been living in Edinburgh since July 2005.
I've been collecting recipes since I was about 14 or 15 and been cooking and baking since then as well.
I love all kinds of crafts also. In my spare time if I'm not in the kitchen; I crochet, make jewelry, bead, knit, sew, cross stitch, do plastic canvas and quilt. I have a short attention span, so I have plenty of different craft choices when I get bored of doing something. Oh, and I also like to read, listen to music, fiddle with any electronic gadget, collect dvd's and watch them, and I'm an internetaholic! :-) I keep a craft blog at http://hobbyzu.blogspot.com and I sell my crocheted items and patterns at http://hobbyzu.com. I keep pretty busy and being self employed gives me more time to explore cooking! :-)
I'm mostly interested in cook books featuring regular old home cooking and favorites. When I moved to the UK I had to get rid of my cookbook collection. I did keep all my Bermudian cookbooks, charity cookbooks and 'The Foods of Israel Today' and Better Homes and Gardens 'Hometown Favorites'.
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I am most passionate when it comes to my family and caring for them. Getting to feed them is an added bonus! Lucky for me, my boys are steadily growing pigs with bottomless pits for stomachs! lol :-)
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