from "The African-American Kitchen: cooking from our heritage (Dutton, 1994, ISBN 0-525-93834-6): 2 cups flour, sifted / 1/2 cup light brown sugar / 1 cup butter at room temperature. Mix into a soft dough, place on wax paper (I'd lightly flour whatever surface I used) and pat to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into 1 1/2 inch rounds with a biscuit cutter (I'd flour that , too). Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees (Farenheit), fro 25 to 30 minutes.