This section is from the book "The Blue Grass Cook Book", by Minnie C. Fox. Also available from Amazon: The Blue Grass Cook Book.
Miss Elise White
6 eggs,
1 pound sugar,
3/4 pound butter.
Cream butter and sugar, beat the eggs into it with just enough flour to roll out. Take small quantity of dough and lay on board, and with a knife roll in sugar and flour.
Mrs. Henry C. Buckner
1 pound of sugar,
1 pound of butter,
1 1/4 pounds of flour,
Juice of fresh lemon to taste,
8 eggs, beaten separately.
Use 2 heaping teaspoons of baking-powder in the flour, and sift several times. Have your pans well greased, and dip a teaspoon of batter at a time a little distance apart.
 
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