White christmas cookies

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       Title: White Christmas Cookies
  Categories: Cookies
       Yield: 16 servings
  
     1/2 c  Butter or regular margarine
     1/2 c  Shortening
       2 c  Sugar
       4    Eggs; beaten
       4 c  Flour; sifted
     1/8 ts Ground nutmeg
     1/8 ts Ground cinnamon
  
        Cream together butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating
   until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs.
        Sift together flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon; stir into creamed mixture
   (dough should be stiff). Store in covered bowl in refrigerator overnight.
         Roll dough very thin, using floured pastry cloth on board and rolling
   pin. Cut in star shapes. Place 1 to   1 1/2" apart on greased baking
   sheets.  Bake in 350 oven 10 to 12 minutes or until crisp and
   straw-colored. Remove from baking sheets and cool on racks. SOURCE: Farm
   Journal's Great Home Cooking In America (pg. 106)
  
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