Sour cream cookies

4 dozen cookies

Butter or margarine, softened ½ cup
Sugar 1 cup
Eggs, beaten 2
Vanilla 1 teaspoon
Flour, unsifted 1¾ cups
Salt ½ teaspoon
Baking soda ¼ teaspoon
Nutmeg ½ teaspoon
Sour cream ½ cup
Nuts, chopped 1 cup

Preheat oven to 375°F. (moderate). Grease baking sheets.

Beat fat and sugar together until creamy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.

Stir flour, salt, baking soda, and nutmeg together. Mix flour mixture, sour cream, and nuts with fat mixture.

Drop dough from a teaspoon onto baking sheets; space cookies about 2 inches apart.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned around the edges.