Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1919 — Mother’s Cook Book [ARTICLE]

Mother’s Cook Book

Brood not on words or slights; their biting force Is measured by their housing mischief seeds, Which, nursed and tended, bring forth poison-weeds Whose bitter crop is hatred and remorse. —Martin. Out of the Cooky Jar. A cooky which will keep is the most desirable. One may prepare three or four varieties and they will keep for weeks. With a well-stocked cooky jar the children will never go hungry. - Whiter Cookie*. Take one cupful of shortening, one cupful of sugar, two eggs, one-half a cupful of milk or cream, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted in the flour; add nutmeg, and flour enough to roll. Chill and handle as moist as possible, rolling very thin. Ginger Cookies. Take one and one-half cupfuls of shortening, one cupful of molasses, one cupful of sugar, two eggs, a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in half a cupful of boiling water. Add ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt to taste. Add flour to make a moist dough and let stand on Ice to chill before rolling. Sunshine Cookies. Take one-third of a cupful of shortening, one cupful of sugar, two deaspoo.nfuls of cream of tartar and one teaspoonful of soda sifted in three cupfuls of flour; add a half' cupful of sweet milk and salt to taste. ■ -p —n- ' Filling—Take one cupful of raisins, half a cupful of sugar, half a cupful of hotwater. onetablespoonful offlour, the juice and rind of half a lemon. Cook until smooth and thick. Put a spoonful of filling on a cooky, cover another and bake.. White Cookies. Take two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of shortening, a teaspoonful of salt, two well-beaten eggs, a cupful of sour milk a teaspoonful of soda and four cupfuls of flour sifted ■with one teaspoonful of baking powder. Mix and roll, adding flour to the board, using as little as possible. Flavor with nutmeg. This makes about 60 cookies. Ceeenut Maearoens^-— ~ Take the whites of two eggs beaten stiff, one cupful of sugar and one cupful each of corn flakes and coconut; salt flavoring, and two tablespoonfuls of flour. Drop by spoonfuls on a buttered sheet and bake In a moderate oven. 'Xttuc