Preheat oven to 350
With electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy
Add nutmeg, vanilla and egg. Mix thoroughly
Add powder and mix
Add flour slowly, and scrape down mixer as needed
Scoop cookies, rolling each cookie into a ball with your hands
In separate bowl, mix sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg for topping
Roll each cookie in topping a d place on cookie sheet
They will not spread but will need to be flattened with a spatula before baking
Bake about 12 minutes, centers should be soft but not doughy.
For traditional sugar cookies, just roll out and cut the dough into shapes. It won't need to be refrigerated. Frost or decorate as you like
For peppermint "kringles", omit nutmeg and use only 1 tsp of vanilla. Add 2-3 tsp peppermint extract and 1 tsp of red food coloring.
Roll each kringle in red and green nonpareils or regular sugar instead of the cinnamon sugar
