Nutmeg Tea Cookies Kue Kering Recipes

NUTMEG REFRIGERATOR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, cream of tartar, salt and nutmeg; stir into the creamed mixture until well blended. Divide dough and shape into rolls 2 inches in diameter. Wrap in aluminum foil and store in refrigerator for at least 2 hours and up to one week.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Slice the logs into rounds about 1/4-inch thick. Arrange the slices on a baking sheet.
• Bake the cookies until the edges are light brown, about 8 minutes.

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.

NUTMEG TEA COOKIES (KUE KERING)

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric stand mixer.
• Beat in vanilla and egg.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, salt and nutmeg.
• Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter-egg mixture and stir just until combined.
• Divide the dough into 4 equal portions.
• Place one portion on a sheet of plastic wrap on a work surface.
• Using your hands and the plastic wrap, roll the dough into a log 1 inch in diameter, making sure that the plastic wrap covers the entire roll.
• Flatten the ends of the log by gently tapping them on the work surface, then fold the plastic wrap over the ends.
• Roll the log a few more times to make as smooth and even a cylinder as possible (for round cookies).
• Wrap the log in an additional sheet of plastic.
• Repeat with the remaining 3 dough portions.
• Lay the four logs in the refrigerator until they are firm, for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
• To Bake: Position a rack in mid oven and pre-heat to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C ).
• Have 2 ungreased baking sheets ready.
• Remove 2 logs from the frig and unwrap them.
• Cut log into 1/4 inch thick slices.
• Work fast, as dough softens--rechill of needed.
• Place slices on baking sheet, spacing 1 inch apart; they spread as thy bake.
• Bake cookies about 10 minutes, until their edges are golden and tops are pale gold.
• Then transfer the cookies to wire rack(s).
• Cool completely.
• Cookies will keep, refrigerated and in a covered container, for about a week.