Sour Cream Cut-out Cookies

• 2 cups (475 ml) sugar
• 2 cups (475 ml) sour cream
• 2 tsp (10 ml) salt
• 6 cups (1425 ml) flour
• 2 tsp (10 ml) nutmeg
• 2 tsp (10 ml) baking soda
• 2 cups (475 ml) shortening
• 2 well-beaten eggs
• 1 stick of butter, softened
• 2 lbs (.9 kg) confectioners sugar
• 1/2 tsp (2 ml) vanilla
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) milk (approx)
• food coloring

1. Mix sugar, flour, soda, nutmeg, and salt.
2. Add shortening.
3. Add eggs and part of the sour cream.
4. Cut into dry ingredients.
5. Add rest of sour cream.
6. Chill the dough for and hour or 2.
7. Roll out and cut with cookie cutters
8. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets at 350 degrees (175 C.) for 8-10 minutes.
9. Cool, frost and decorate.

sugar, sour cream, salt, flour, nutmeg, baking soda, shortening, eggs, butter, vanilla, milk, food coloring

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/000559 (may not work)