Recipe - Nutmeg Butter Thins

3 cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Ground nutmeg
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 cup Butter; softened, (2 sticks)
2/3 cup Granulated sugar
1/3 cup Firmly packed brown sugar
1 Egg
2 teaspoon Vanilla

Combine flour, nutmeg and salt; mix well and set aside. In large mixing
bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and
vanilla. Add flour mixture; mix well. Divide dough in half. Shapre each
half into a roll about 10 inches long and 1 One half inches in diameter. Wrap
each roll in plastic wrap; chill at least 3 hours or overnight. Preheat
oven to 400 degrees. Work with one roll of dough at a time, leaving
remaining dough wrapped and refrigerated. With sharp knife, cut roll into
1/4inchthick slices. Place 1inch apart on cookie sheets. Bake 8 to 10
minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Remove to wire rack; cool
completely. Makes about 6 dozen cookies.

NOTES : I found these recipes in the Heritage Newpaper, Detroit MI
Nov.19,1997 'Share a Cookie" section.
Recipe by: American Dairy Association

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 291 by PLK1028@aol.com on Nov
23, 1997