1 cup shortening

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 cup corn syrup 2 1/4 quarts barley flour 4 well-beaten eggs

2 teaspoons cream tartar

1 teaspoon soda

2 teaspoons salt

4 teaspoons vanilla 1/2 cup water

Rub shortening and sugar together; add eggs, and beat well. Then add syrup, water, vanilla, and flour which has been sifted with dry ingredients. Roll one-fourth inch thick; cut in three-inch rounds and put filling between, pressing edges together. Bake in moderate oven.