Two cups of flour, four teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two teaspoonfuls of sugar, one-half teaspoonful of salt, four table-spoonfuls of butter, two eggs, one-third of a cup of cream.

Mix and sift together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Rub in butter with tips of fingers; add eggs well beaten, and cream. Toss on a floured board, pat, and roll to three-fourths inch in thickness.. Cut in squares, brush with white of egg, sprinkle with sugar, and bake in a hot oven fifteen minutes.