Sweet Milk Sugar Cookies

This is an unusual sugar cookie recipe because you cut the butter into the flour similar to pie crust and then add the wet ingredients. It also calls for adding “sweet milk”, which years ago was referring to any type of milk, other than buttermilk. When I was a child standing on a chair next to my mother, this is the recipe we would use to make rolled out cookies. It yields a light sumptuous sugar cookie with a hint of nutmeg flavor.

Ingredients:

Amount Ingredient 3 cups all purpose flour 2 teas baking powder 1 teas baking soda t teas nutmeg 3/4 teas salt 1 cup cold butter, unsalted 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 3 Tablespoons sweet milk or regular milk 1 Tablespoon vanilla

Directions:

Sift dry ingredients and place into a food processor along with the cold butter. Pulse until butter is in small pieces ( smaller than half the size of a pea). Set aside.
Into a large mixing bowl beat together the eggs, sugar, sweet milk and vanilla. Beat this until creamy then add the dry ingredients. Beat well. Roll out the dough on a floured surface, using a cookie sock and then cut out your shapes. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 7-8 minutes, depending on the size of your cookies.