Ingredients & Directions
                
     2 c  Butter
     3 c  Sugar
     5 ea Egg, well beaten
     1 c  Cream
     1 ts Soda
     1 x  *dissolved in:
   1/4 c  Water, boiling
     4 c  Flour
 Cream butter and sugar together until well blended. Beat the eggs and
 add. Stir in the dissolved soda. Sift the flour and add alternately
 with the cream. Mix thoroughly. Dough must be stiff enough to roll-
 add more flour if needed. Chill for several hours. Roll out thin on
 floured board and cut with fancy cookie cutters. Bake at 350-F about
 12 minutes.                 
                 Yields       
                1 Servings                
