Sugar Cookies Recipe

This sugar cookies recipe produces about 160 old fashioned sugar cookies, or "soetkoekies" as many South Africans know them.

250g Butter/Margerine at room temperature
3 cups (750ml) Sugar
5 Large Eggs
6 cups (800g) Cake Flour
2 Tbsp (30ml) Baking powder
2 tsp (10ml) Nutmeg
½ tsp (2ml) Salt

Topping
1 Egg, beaten
25ml (2 Tbsp) Milk
Sugar

Cream butter/margerine, sugar and eggs together. Sift the flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt together. Combine the dry ingredients with the egg mixture to a reasonably soft dough. Cover the dough and let it rest for half an hour.

Preheat the oven to 200° C (400° F). Lightly grease the baking sheets.

Roll the dough out thinly on a surface that has been sprinkled with flour. Cut out circles of about 4-5cm (2") in diameter, with a cookie cutter. Place the circles evenly on the baking sheets. Mix the beaten egg and milk and brush this lightly over the cookies. Sprinkle a little sugar over each cookie.

Bake the cookies 8-10 minutes or until golden on the middle ovenrack. Allow to cool on the baking sheets before placing on drying racks. Store the cookies in an airtight container.

This recipe was submitted by Colleen Kaluza. Thanks.