Old-Fashioned Tea Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 c all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 12 tsp salt
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 c sugar
• 1 stick butter
• 1 egg
• water or milk

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients except water or milk with fingertips Add enough water or milk to make dough stiff enough to be rolled out
2. Roll out dough fairly thin
3. Sprinkle surface of dough with additional sugar
4. Cut dough into rounds
5. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10 minutes or until brown
6. Makes about 3 dozen cookies