Nutmeg Softies Recipes

NUTMEG SYRUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and water until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in the butter, vanilla and extract if desired.

NUTMEG SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, nutmeg and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Divide dough into 14 pieces. Shape each portion into a 12-in. x 1/2-in.-thick rope. Cut ropes into 2-in. pieces. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. , Bake at 350° for 9-12 minutes or until set and bottoms are lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and extracts; beat until blended. Beat in enough cream to achieve desired consistency. , Frost cookies. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

GRANDMA STAFFORD'S NUTMEG COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a baking sheet and set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together sugar and shortening until well combined. Add eggs, mixing until incorporated.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt. With the mixer running, add flour, alternating with buttermilk and beginning and ending with flour; mix until well combined.
• Using a tablespoon, drop dough onto prepared baking sheet and transfer to oven. Bake until edges are slightly brown, about 15 minutes.

CLEONE'S NUTMEG COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk together the milk and lemon juice in a small bowl; set aside a few minutes to sour. Meanwhile, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a bowl. Beat the margarine and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat the first egg into the margarine mixture until completely blended, then beat in the vanilla with the second egg. Mix into the flour, then stir in soured milk mixture until just incorporated. Wrap cookie dough in plastic, then freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Roll dough out on a heavily floured surface, then cut with cookie cutters. Alternatively, the cookies can be rolled into balls, then pressed down with a fork. Arrange cookies onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are golden brown, about 10 minutes.

SOUR CREAM SOFTIES

Steps:

• Measure flour, salt, baking powder, and soda into a sifter.
• Cream butter or margarine with sugar until well blended in a large bowl: beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Sift in flour mixture, adding alternately with sour cream to make a thick batter.
• Drop by by rounded Tablespoonfuls, 4 inches apart, on greased cookie sheets; spread into 2 inch rounds; sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.
• Bake in hot oven (400°F) 12 minutes, or until lightly golden around the edges.
• Remove from cookie sheets; cool completely on wire racks.

NUTMEG SOFTIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
• Add the sugar, soda, nutmeg, and salt.
• Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
• Beat in sour cream, egg, and vanilla until combined.
• Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer.
• Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour (dough will be sticky). Divide dough into thirds.
• Cover and chill in the fridge about 2 hours or until easy to handle.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll one portion of dough at a time to 1/4-inch thickness.
• Using a floured 3-inch cookie cutter, cut out dough.
• Place cutouts on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Sprinkle with colored sugar.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven about 10 minutes or until edges of cookies are firm.
• Transfer cookies to a wire rack; cool completely.
• TO MAKE AHEAD:.
• Bake cookies as directed and cool completely. Place in the freezer container or bag and freeze for up to 3 months.
• Before serving, thaw cookies about 15 minutes.