Recipe - Big White Soft Sugar Cookies

1 cup Buttermilk
1 One half teaspoon Grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon Baking soda
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 cup Vegetable oil
3 teaspoon Baking powder
1 One half cup Sugar
3 cup Unbleached flour
2 Eggs
Sugar
1 One half teaspoon Salt

Seedless raisins

In a measuring cup, mix the buttermilk and baking soda; set aside. In a
large mixer bowl, combine the oil, sugar, and eggs; mix well. Add the
buttermilksoda mixture and blend. Then add the salt, nutmeg, vanilla, and
baking powder and mix again. Blend in the flour (the batter will be very
runny). Cover and refrigerate overnight. The next day, preheat oven to 400
F. For the very best results, use ungreased nonstick baking sheets. Dark
or shiny sheets conduct the heat differently, and the cookie will have
crisp brown edges, which are just what you don't want. Use 1 heaping
tablespoon of batter per cookie, and place them on the sheets. Liberally
sprinkle more sugar on top of each cookie and dot with 3 raisins. Keep
batter refrigerated between bakings. Bake for just 5 minutes. The cookies
should be just barely donestill almost white. If they are golden, you
have left them in too long. Remove from oven, and allow the cookies to
remain on the cookie sheet for 3 more minutes to continue baking. Carefully
remove cookies with a metal spatula to a wax papercovered rack to cool.
The cookies keep well in tightly covered containers or can be frozen. In
either case, each cookie should be wrapped individually or between layers
of wax paper. They are so tender, so moist, so cakelike that they cling
together if this is not done.

From: Cooking From Quilt Country Shared By: Pat Stockett

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