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Soft Sugar Cookies




Source of Recipe


The Wooden Spoon Cookie Book


Recipe Introduction


These sugar cookies aer as old-fashioned as Victorian lace.


List of Ingredients




1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 large egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 cup buttermilk

FROSTING

2 cups powdered sugar
2 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
2 to 3 tbsp. buttermilk

Recipe



Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets. Beat the butter with the sugar until soft and creamy. Add the powdered sugar and beat again. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. Stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Add alternately to the butter mixture with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, until well mixed. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto baking sheets, leaving 2 inches betweens the drops. Bake for 9 to 10 minutes, or until just the bottoms are lightly browned. The tops of the cookies should remain pale. Transfer to wire racks to cool. To prepare the frosting, in a small bowl, blend the powdered sugar, butter and vanilla. Gradually add the buttermilk until the mixture is spreadable. Frost the cookies when they have cooled to room temperature.