Ribbon Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. unsifted all-purpose flour
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 c. (1/2 lb.) soft butter or margarine
2 whole eggs
1 egg white
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. sugar
jelly or jam (any flavor)

Preparation

Mix flour, sugar and powder.
Blend in butter with hands until like corn meal.
Add eggs and vanilla.
Use spoon, work into a stiff dough.
Divide into 2 balls, 1 twice the size of the other. On heavily floured board (1/2 cup flour), roll out the larger ball to 1/8-inch thickness.
Place on cookie sheet (11 x 15 1/2-inches). Smooth to edges; patch corners.
Spread jelly over top.
Roll out remaining dough to 1/8-inch thickness and cut into 1/2-inch strips. Place diagonally across jelly 1/2-inch apart.
Sprinkle sugar over top.
Start baking in a 375\u00b0 oven.
Edges will be done first.
When edges brown (about 20 minutes), take pan from oven and cut 3-inch strip all around.
Return pan to oven for 10 minutes.
Remove and cut into 1-inch and 2-inch rectangles.
Keeps 6 weeks.
Makes about 6 dozen.