A.P. Cakes

INGREDIENTS

3 tablespoons shortening

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 cup sour milk

Combine the sugar and flour and cut in the shortening.  Dissolve the soda in the sour milk and add to first mixture.  Roll dough about 3/4" thick on floured board and cut with cookie cutter or into squares.  Bake in a hot oven (400F) for 10 minutes.  Sprinkle with granulated sugar.  

Recipe submitted by Feedback listener "Amelia" from a recipe handed down by early Dutch settlers in Pennsylvania.