Soft Cookies

Ingredients

• One heaping cup of butter
• 1 and 1/2 cups of sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 tablespoons sour milk
• 1 teaspoon of soda 
• Flour
• Nutmeg

Directions

1. Combine butter, sugar, eggs, sour milk, and soda
2. Place a small amount of flour on a table 
3. Roll out cookies 
4. Sprinkle with sugar and nutmeg
5. Pass over with the roller again
6. Bake until light brown

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by J. W. Wilkinson
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2019