- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup shortening
- 3 eggs
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- (Directions as written:) Cream fat and sugar, beat in whipped eggs, add baking powder and 1 cup flour, then water and spices; add remaining flour gradually, working in more flour until dough is stiff enough to roll.
- Sprinkle flour over pastry board. Make a ball of dough, lay it on the board. Rub rolling pin with flour and roll out dough into a sheet 1/4 inch thick. Cut in round cakes, sift granulated sugar over each, and bake quickly 400 – 450 F. (200 – 230 C).