1 lb. (4 sticks) butter, at room temp.
1 cup sugar (I use beet sugar)
4 cups all-purpose flour

Preheat oven to 250°F.

Mix butter and sugar in large bowl. Mix in flour, a cup at a time.

When it is too hard to mix with a wooden spoon flour board or counter and turn out the mixture. Knead with your hands until the dough cracks. Once it cracks it is ready to bake.

Divide mixture into two equal parts and place in Pyrex pie pans - flatten somewhat - but not to the edges. Prick with fork and bake in slow (250°F) oven for 2 hours (or 2 hours and 15 minutes depending on our dark you want it).

Cut into squares immediately when taken out of oven - let cool and place in containers. This also freezes well after made.

Submitted by: Gail Neilson