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Ingredients
- 12 eggs
- 3 ½ c. sugar
- 1 lb. butter or oleo, melted and cooled
- 1 to 2 tsp. salt
- 7 c. flour
- 6 tsp. baking powder
- 6 tbsp. of extract or appropriate amount of oil of flavoring of your choice (lemon, vanilla, anise, vanilla-butternut, almond, etc.)
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