Shellbark Cakes

1912

Preparation info
  • Yield: Approximately

    5 Dozen

    Cookies.
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Christmas Cook: Three Centuries of American Yuletide Sweets

By William Woys Weaver

Published 1990

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Ingredients

  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
  • 8 tablespoons lard or

Method

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Combine the butter and lard and beat until creamy. Add the sugar and work to a crumb. Beat the egg yolks, add the buttermilk to them, and stir this into the sugar mixture. Beat until smooth and light.

Sift the flour, salt, cream of tartar, bak