Vinegar Cookies

An old recipe!

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
Pinch of nutmeg
Pinch of cinnamon
1 1/2 cups shortening
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder dissolved
    in 2 tablespoons vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 cups flour

Make into balls, roll balls in sugar (with cinnamon added if desired) and put them on cookie sheet. Mash them down with an old-fashioned potato masher. Bake at 350 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes.