Hemp hearts request

I made some cookies that Louise and her work colleagues loved. She's been looking for recipes using hemp hearts, which are sold in health food stores and in Thrifty's grocery store. This is a variation on the basic snicker doodles recipe from Home Ec class.

Hemp hearts cookies

½ cup butter
½ cup sugar
1 large or 2 small eggs
1 tsp baking powder
1 ½ cup flour

2 tblsp sugar
¼ tsp nutmeg or cinnamon (or to taste - I use 1/2 tsp cinnamon)

2 tblsp hemp hearts

Cream butter and sugar together, beat in egg. Blend in half the flour and baking powder, then the rest of the flour. May need up to another ¼ cup flour if dough is too soft and the cookies melt together while baking, or a teaspoon of milk if the dough is very stiff.

The dough will be soft enough to pinch off a spoonful and roll it into a ball. You may want to butter your hands and the cookie sheet before rolling any dough. Roll the ball in the spiced sugar, then press one side of the ball into the hemp hearts. Put that side up when you lay the flattened ball on the cookie sheet.

Bake at 350°F for eight to twelve minutes, until the top of a cookie springs back when pressed with a finger. (Luckily these cookies are also reasonably good if a little over or under done.)
This recipe is based on snicker doodles. It works with white or brown sugar or sucanat, and white or whole wheat flour. You can also replace 1/2 cup of the flour with 3/4 cup of rolled oats.