Title: Newport News Nuggets, Finalist
Categories: Import
Yield: 48 Servings

1/2	c	Shortening (vegetable oil)
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	ts	Lemon juice
1/2	ts	Nutmeg
1	c	Sugar
2		Eggs; well beaten
2	tb	Milk
2	c	Flour; sifted
1	ts	Baking powder
1/2	ts	Baking soda
		Decorator icing; various colors

Mix vegetable oil, salt, lemon juice, nutmeg and sugar. Add eggs, milk and flour sifted with baking powder and soda. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart. Gently press each cookie flat with the bottom of a glass that has been moistened and dipped in sugar. Bake in 375-degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until golden brown around edges. Do not overbake.

When cool, use decorator icing to write "100" on each cookie, in honor of the Century Celebration.

NOTES : Jo Joynes of Suffolk "This cookie has been in our family for many years, passed down from `Grandma Coltrane.' Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #7 by Bill Spalding on Sep 21, 1997

Recipe by: Newport News' Centennial Cookie Contest

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