2 cups sugar - 1 pound.

1 cup butter - 8 ounces.

6 eggs.

1 cup milk.

4 teaspoons baking powder.

8 cups flour - 2 pounds.

Soften the butter and rub it and the sugar together until well mixed, add the eggs one at a time,then the milk and flour with powder in. Sift flour on the table, turn out the lump of dough and pat it smooth and compact, keeping it quite soft. Thn roll it out thin as the edge of a dinner plate, dredge granulated sugar over and cut out the cakes. Place with plenty of room between on the baking pans and bake.

The dough when it has been sufficiently pressed or kneaded together should be alowel to rest on the table a minute or two before rolling out which will prevent the cakes drawing up out of shape when cut out.