This section is from the book "Centennial Cookery Book", by Woman's Centennial Association. Also available from Amazon: Centennial Cookery Book.
One pound of butter rubbed into 2 pounds of flour, add 2 pounds of sugar, and wet the whole with whites of 3 eggs and the yolks of 4. roll very thin, cut in diamond shapes, glaze with the white of 1 egg, cover with nuts chopped fine and ground cinnamon.
Two cups of light brown sugar, 1 cup of butter, 3 eggs, leaving out 1 of the whites to spread on top, 3 cups of flour, a little baking powder. Work the butter, sugar, yolks of eggs, and 1 white, flour and baking powder all together. roll out thin, spread on the white of egg beaten to a stiff froth. Sprinkle over this ground cinnamon and granulated sugar. Cut in squares with a knife and bake in a moderate oven.
 
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