Plain Apples.

Two lbs. flour, 1½ lbs. sugar, 1 lb. butter or lard, or half of each, pinch of mace. Rub the sugar, eggs and shortening lift, add the mace, ammonia dissolved in the milk, and then the flour. Roll out and cut with a square fluted cutter. Place on lightly greased pans, and bake in a moderate oven.