Christmas Cutout Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 c butter
• 1 c brown sugar
• 3 Tbsp water
• 1 rounded tsp soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 c granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 6 c pastry flour
• 1 rounded tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp vanilla

Directions

1. Cream butter well add white and brown sugar slowly and cream well
2. Beat eggs cold water and vanilla
3. Mix and sift dry ingredients and add alternately with liquid ingredients to cream mixture
4. Chill at least 12 hour
5. Can be wrapped in wax paper and left overnight
6. Roll to desired thickness about 18 or 14-inch and bake for 12 to 15 minutes in a 350 oven
7. Frost with colored frosting or brush with slightly beaten egg white and sprinkle with colored sugars