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Grandma Cookies

What more can you say than nirvana?  The chilled dough is especially good, so much so that it has been known to disappear entirely without a single cookie being baked.  They're called Grandma Cookies because we used to bake them to take to Grandma.

Sheets ungreased         Oven 400 degrees F        Time 6-8 minutes

1C butter
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C brown sugar

2 eggs

Mill together:
  450 g soft wheat
  1/3 nutmeg pod, crushed

1  t soda
1 t salt

1/2 C chopped toasted walnuts

    Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy.  Beat in the eggs and mix till smooth.  

Whisk all the dry ingredients together, then stir into wet;  add the walnuts with the last of the dry, and stir just until mixed.  

Shape into 2" diameter logs and chill in the freezer 1-2 hours, until firm.  

Slice 1/8" thick and place on sheets.  Bake 6-8 minutes, until just turning golden at the edges.
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Makes 7 dozen cookies @ 45 calories:
     53    % fat        49% carbos          4  % protein

*substitute 3 C unbleached or whole wheat pastry flour plus 3 t nutmeg

Some other interesting variations:
Cinnamon-Pecan Icebox Cookies--substitute cinnamon for nutmeg and pecans for walnuts.
Ginger-Almond Icebox Cookies--substitute ginger for nutmeg and almonds for the walnuts.

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