GREAT GRANDMA CANDY'S COOKIE

Great Grandma Candy's Cookie image

Delicious sugar cookies with a bit of extra flavoring thrown in.

Provided by Rachel Lewis

Categories Desserts Cookies Cut-Out Cookie Recipes

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

⅓ cup butter
¾ cup white sugar
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour (not sifted)
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup chopped pecans

Steps:

Cream butter, sugar, egg and vanilla extract. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl; stir to combine. Sift flour mixture over butter mixture. Add vanilla extract and milk; stir until dough is smooth. Mix pecans into dough. Refrigerate dough for several hours to overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet.
Turn dough out onto floured work surface and knead until workable. Roll out into a sheet about 1/4 inch thick and cut into circles with a cookie cutter. Arrange cookies on a cookie sheet.
Bake until lightly golden, about 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 227 calories, Carbohydrate 30 g, Cholesterol 29.5 mg, Fat 10.8 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 3.5 g, SaturatedFat 3.9 g, Sodium 126 mg, Sugar 13.2 g