rumford sugar cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 3 eggs
• 2 tablespoons water
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• (directions as written:) cream fat and sugar, beat in whipped eggs, add baking powder and 1 cup flour, then water and spices; add remaining flour gradually, working in more flour until dough is stiff enough to roll.
• sprinkle flour over pastry board. make a ball of dough, lay it on the board. rub rolling pin with flour and roll out dough into a sheet 1/4 inch thick. cut in round cakes, sift granulated sugar over each, and bake quickly 400 - 450 f. (200 - 230 c).