Cream butter, gradually add brown sugar and cream well. Add
egg, vanilla and beat well. Mix flour, salt, baking soda. Stir into
batter. Use dough as is, or add any variation desired, i.e.
Orange—Add % tbsp. orange rind.

Chocolate — 1 square melted unsweetened chocolate and 4 tbsps.
chopped nuts.

Lemon Coconut—add 1 teasp. lemon extract and 2 tbsp. shredded
coconut.

Almond—Add % teasp. almond extract. Before baking top each
cookie with blanched almond.

Shape finished dough into long rolls about 2” in diameter. Cover
with wax paper and chill until hard (about 1-2 hours). Slice
thinly, place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° for 8-10

minutes. Lorraine Bloomer (Laxdal 47B).
MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES
1 cup butter % teasp. salt
% cup fine fruit sugar 1 teasp. vanilla
2 cups flour 1 cup chopped nuts

Cream butter, add sugar gradually. Add flour and salt, then knead
in chopped nuts and vanilla. Chill dough for 1 hour. Break off
pieces the size of a walnut and form into crescents the length of
the forefinger. 350° oven for 15 minutes—roll in icing sugar while
still warm.

Sue McIvor (Kakamasu 50B).

OATMEAL COOKIES

Cream: 1 teasp. baking soda

1 cup margarine and add to creamed

34 cup white sugar mixture

34 cup brown sugar Add:

~ Add: 2 cups oatmeal

2 beaten eggs 1 6 oz. pkg. chocolate chips
1 teasp. vanilla 1 cup nuts (optional)

ift:

134 cup flour
% teasp. salt
Drop from teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° F.
until lightly browned—12 - 15 minutes.
Olga Dueck (Koop 51B).

DESSERTS

But the family still has a question
The meat and potatoes were dandy
The salad just hit the spot;

“For dessert, what’ve we got?”

HOME-MADE ICE CREAM

Vanilla
1 cup coffee cream or 1 cup whipped cream
top milk ¥g teasp. salt
2 eggs 1 tbsp. vanilla

1% cup sugar

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