Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

0.5 cup shortening
1.25 cups sugar
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp baking powder
0.5 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
0.5 cup soften butter
2 eggs
4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp nutmeg

Cream shortening, butter and sugar. Add salt, vanilla, nutmeg and unbeaten eggs. Blend well. Add sour cream alternately with remaining dry ingredients. Chill 1 hour or overnight. Roll thin and cut with cookie cutter. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Makes 3 dozen large or 6 dozen small cookies.