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Brown Sugar and Spice Cutout Cookies

Ingredients:
1 c. light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 c. butter, softened
1 large egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. salt

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare cookie sheets with cooking spray, butter or shortening.

Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, blend well.

Stir together remaining dry ingredients and add slowly to butter mixture, blending well.

On floured surface, roll out half of dough at a time, to a 1/8" thickness. Cut into shapes as desired with floured cookie cutters and bake for 12-15 minutes, until golden brown.

Cool on wire rack and decorate if desired. (We think they taste best with vanilla icing, which -- in this case -- I didn't get around to doing until the next morning.)

Makes 3 dozen cookies