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Recipe Added:  8/27/2012

Preheat oven to 350F. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, add eggs, one at a time; add vanilla. Whisk together flour, nutmeg, baking soda and salt and add to butter and sugar mixture 1/2 cup at a time, until each addition is fully incorporated. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and gently press into a ball.

Sprinkle top lightly with additional flour. Roll dough to 1/4-1/2 inch thick, rotating and turning dough and using additional flour as needed until dough is no longer sticky. Cut out rounds using a floured, 2-inch cutter. Use a bench scraper or spatula to carefully transfer cookie rounds to lined cookie sheets. Bake on middle rack of oven, 10-12 minutes, or just until cookie begins to look dry on surface, and very lightly tinged with color on edges. Remove from oven, sprinkle immediately and generously with sugar and let rest on sheet for about 3 minutes; then transfer to a rack to cool completely.

Instead of sprinkling the cookies with sugar, you can also glaze or ice these using a royal icing, and add sugar or sprinkles. Set aside in a single layer to fully dry.
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