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LACY BUTTER COOKIES Jessica Hoogland
1 ce softened margarine or 3 T. flour
butter 1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/4 ce brown sugar l egg, slightly beaten
2 1/4 ce oatmeal 1 tspe vanilla

Mix dry ingredients, then stir in melted butter. Blend in
beaten egg and vanilla. Mix well, drop by small tablespoon onto
cookie sheet. Place far apart, 6 to a sheet. This makes a very
thin lacy cookie. Bake for 7 minutes in a preheated oven at
375°. Cool slightly before removing from sheet.

SPICY CUT OUT COOKIES Lana Verdonk

1 1/2 c. butter or margarine 2 tsp. cinnamon
2 Ce brown sugar 1 tsp. nutmeg
l egg 1/2 tspe cloves
4 ce. flour 1/4 tspe baking soda ©

Mix as usuale Cover and chill about 2 hours. On floured
surface, roll out 1/8 inch thick and cut. Bake on ungreased
cookie sheet at 350° for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool 1 to 2 minutes.
Remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Can be decorated with
decorator icing. Makes 6 dozen.

SPECULAAS CUT OUT COOKIES Linda DeJong
1 ce brown sugar 3/4 tspe ginger

3 ce flour 3/4 tsp. nutmeg

1 ce butter 3/4 tspe cloves

3 T. milk 1/4 tspe salt

1 1/2 tspe cinnamon 1/8 tsp. baking powder

Mix as usual and roll dough 3/8 inch thick and use cookie
cutters. Bake at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes. Store in Tupper-
ware. Frost with peppermint frosting.

SHORTBREAD Arline Verdonk

1 lb. butter 1 unbeaten egg

1 ce icing sugar 1/4 tspe dried lemon peel
4 c. flour

Mix as for pastry. It is best put through a cookie presse