1 c. butter
4 c. all-purpose flour
2 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs
4 tbsp. table cream
Finely grated rind of 1 orange
1 tsp. almond extract
1 tsp. vanilla

Cut butter into dry ingredients as for pie dough. Beat eggs and cream together. Add with orange rind to dry ingredients. Mix well. Add the extracts. Mix lightly and roll dough thinly on pastry cloth sprinkled with sifted confectioners' sugar. Cut with cookie cutters. Place 1/2 inch apart on lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 300 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Decorate after baking or sprinkle with colored or regular sugar before baking. Store in a tin box.