One cup of butter, two of sugar, half a cup of new milk, three eggs, half a nutmeg, the juice of a lemon, one teaspoonful of saleratus, and flour enough to roll out. If you prefer, flavor with a few drops of essence of rose and ground cinnamon. Roll the dough very thin, sprinkle granulated white sugar over it, and slightly press it into the dough with the rolling-pin. Then cut in large rounds, and bake quickly.

Tunbridge Wafers

Rub one cup of butter (pressed compactly into the cup) into five cups of flour; then add one heaping cup of granulated sugar, not quite a cup of sweet rich milk, two beaten eggs, one nutmeg, half a teaspoonful of saleratus dissolved in the milk. Knead it until smooth, roll it out very thin; sift over it a little fine sugar; then cut out round cakes, as large as the top of a tumbler; lay them in the pans, and prick them with a fork. Bake in a quick oven, but take care they do not burn.