COOKIES 53

OATMEAL CAKES

(No Eggs)
1 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon allspice
Yo cup butter 1 cup chopped raisins
1 cup sour milk 13%4 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda 1% cups sifted oatmeal

Cream butter, add sugar and beat, add soda to sour milk and add to sugar and
butter; add allspice, flour and oatmeal. Drop by teaspoons and bake in a moderate
oven (350 degrees).

OATMEAL COOKIES

1 cup shortening _ 1% cups rolled oats

1 heaping cup sugar 1 teaspoon soda

2 eggs 1 heaping teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons heavy cream 2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup ground oatmeal

Cream butter, shortening and sugar. Add eggs and cream. Mix with remainder *

__ Of ingredients. Roll very thin and cut; then bake in a slow oven until a nice brown.
- 300 degrees.

ORANGE MARMALADE BARS

% cup butter 3 cups flour

1 cup sugar Grated rind of 2 oranges

3 eggs 3 tablespoons orange marmalade
3 teaspoons baking powder Juice of 2 oranges

Cream butter and sugar, add well beaten eggs together with marmalade, sift
flour and baking powder and add to the first mixture, alternately with the fruit juice;
add grated rind. Bake in shallow pan. When cold cut in narrow bars and ice with
Orange marmalade frosting variation, add %4 cup shredded cocoanut or Y% cup
seeded raisins to above. 350 degrees.

PEANUT WAFERS 3

1 cup sugar Y% teaspoon baking powder a
2 eggs 1 cup chopped peanuts ae
5 tablespoons sifted flour Salt |

Mix ingredients in order named and drop the mixture from a spoon onto a
buttered pan. Bake until brown (350 degrees, 20 minutes). Have peanuts chopped
rather coarse. |

PAWTUCKET FINGERS

1/3 cup butter 2 squares chocolate or equal }
1 cup sugar amount of cocoa ‘ea
3 eggs, beaten lightly Y teaspoon salt

3% cup flour 1 cup chopped walnuts .

3% teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla

Melt together the shortening and chocolate, add the remaining ingredients and
beat well. Bake in a greased shallow pan in moderate oven (350 degrees) for 12
minutes. Cut in lengths shape of finger; leave in pan until cold. Remove and ice
with chocolate icing.

SCOTCH SHORTBREAD 2
2 cups flour Y2 cup brown sugar =
1 cup butter Pinch of salt ‘

With the hands cream the butter, then work in the flour and add the sugar.
Knead thoroughly 5 to 10 minutes. Bake on ungreased brown paper in pan for
20 to 25 minutes in moderate oven (300 degrees).