Basic Cookies

==Ingredients==
* 4 cups flour
* 2 cups sugar
* ¾ cup shortening
* ¼ cup milk
* little grated nutmeg
* 3 teaspoons baking powder
* 2 eggs
==Directions==
# First cream shortening and sugar.
# Beat eggs and milk together and add slowly to the creamed shortening and sugar.
# Add baking powder and half of the flour sifted together.
# Add nutmeg.
# Add enough more flour to make it roll easily on pastry board.
# Roll out thin and cut with cookie cutter.
# Sprinkle each cookie with a little granulated sugar.
# Bake in floured tin in hot oven for about 10 to 12 minutes.
Category:Cookie Recipes