Bertie’s Cookies. Maltese Cross
1 large cup of sugar.
½ cup of butter.
1 cup sweet milk.
3 eggs, beaten light.
4 cups prepared flour, or enough to enable you to roll out the dough.
Nutmeg and cinnamon.
Cream butter, spice and sugar; add the yolks, then the milk; whites and flour alternately; roll into a thin sheet with as few strokes as possible; cut into fancy shapes with tin-cutters, and bake quickly.