“Belsnickel” Christmas Cakes
1 cup sugar
½ cup melted butter
2 eggs
1½ cups flour
½ tsp. baking soda pinch of salt
Pour melted butter over sugar in a bowl and beat until smooth and creamy. Add the eggs, beating one at a time, into the mixture. Sift the baking soda thru the flour add the salt and add to the cake mixture. Stand the dough in a cold place for an hour. Roll out on floured board, quite thin. Cut into small rounds or other shapes. Sprinkle with sugar and bake in hot oven (400-f) for 10 minutes.