Cookies For A Crowd - cooking recipe

Ingredients

13 lbs flour
9 lbs sugar
8 teaspoons salt
8 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
8 lbs butter
16 large eggs
16 tablespoons flavoring (I use vanilla, butter & nut by McCormick)

Preparation

In a gigantic bowl, combine first 5 ingredients and mix well with hand mixer.
Cut in butter, by slices, until mixture resembles cornmeal.
Add eggs and flavoring and mix well.
Shape approximately 3-4 cups of dough into a long tube. Cover tube with plastic wrap or foil and refrigerate overnight.
When ready to bake, slice dough into rounds approximately 1/4-inch thick and place 2-inches apart on lightly greased cookie sheet (or parchment covered cookie sheet).
Bake at 325\u00b0F for 15-18 minutes. Cool.
In the past, I have added chocolate chips, raisins and nuts to the basic mix for a different type of cookie.