Old-Fashioned Tea Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 2 large eggs 
• 2.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg 
• 1 tablespoon milk 
• 1 cup sugar 

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven
• plastic wrap
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well.
2. Add eggs, beating until blended.
3. Combine flour, baking powder, and nutmeg; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.
4. Divide dough in half; cover with plastic wrap, and chill 1 hour.
5. Roll half of dough to 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface.
6. Cut with a 2 1/4-inch round cutter, and place on greased baking sheets. Repeat procedure with remaining half of dough.
7. Bake at 350 for 8 minutes. (Cookies will be pale.) Cool on wire racks.