Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 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, 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. T < ~ White Cookies. 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. 4 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 bailing water. Add ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt to taste. Add flour to make a moist dough and let stand bn ice to chill before rolling. Sunshine Cookies. Take one-third of a cupful of shortening, one cupful of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar and one ten spoon fni of soda sifted On three cupfuls of flour; add a half cupful of sweet milk and salt to taste. Filling—Take one cupful of raisins, Jmlfca=eupf ub oibsugar, Jialfca- cupful us hot water, one* tablespoonful of flour, lemon. Cook until smooth and thick. Put a spoonful of titling on a cooky, cover I with 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. Coconut Macaroon*. 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.