starr's soft sugar cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup raisins

Recipe

• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c).
• beat together white and brown sugars, butter and shortening until light and fluffy. beat in eggs, vanilla and lemon extract to mix well.
• sift together nutmeg, flour, baking powder, cream of tartar, salt and soda. add alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture.
• drop tablespoonfuls of dough 2 1/2 inches apart greased baking sheet. with the back of the spoon, spread round and round making the outer edge of the cookies a little thicker than the center. sprinkle generously with the reserved white sugar and place a fat raisin in the center of each cookie.
• bake about 10 minutes. for softer cookies, bake in hot oven (425 degrees f (220 degrees c)) for about 8 minutes or until no indentation remains when you touch the center of the cookie with your fingertip. remove cookies and cool on racks.