Mexican Cockies

1 cup flour 34, tsp. cinnamon
Vg tsp. soda ly cup soft butter
Vg tsp. nutmeg 1 cup sugar

Preheat oven to 350 - 375 degrees F. Sift flour, soda, nutmeg and. cin-
namon. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in flour mix-
ture, roll to desired thickness and cut. Bake until done, about 10:

minutes.
—Mattie Blair

Plain Rolled Cookies

34 cup butter 2'4 cups flour
22 cup sugar 1 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla

Cream the butter, add sugar and cream together. Add eggs, beat to-
gether. Then add flour sifted with baking powder. Chill the dough;
it makes it easier to roll. Roll out on lightly floured board. Cut into
shapes or squares and bake 10 to 15 minutes in moderate oven.

—Mrs. J. Watmough

Rolled Date Cookies

1 cup butter 4 cups flour

1 cup brown sugar le tsp. salt

1 cup white sugar 1 tsp. soda in 1 tbsp. warm water
3 eggs

Mix well. Divide dough into three pieces, and pat out about 14-inch
thick. Spread each portion with the following mixture.

Filling:
8 oz. dates 4 cup water
Yo cup sugar 4 cup mashed or ground walnuts

Roll each portion up, and wrap in wax paper. Chill, slice and bake in
moderate oven.
—Helen M. Newton

Date Filled Cookies

1 cup shortening 3'4 or 4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar YY, tsp. salt
3 eggs 1 tsp. soda
YS cup water lf tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. vanilla
Mix in order. Add dry ingredients sifted together. Drop one heaping
tsp. dough on greased sheet, spread out.a little. Add about 1 tsp. fill-
ing, then drop about a 14 tsp. of dough on top of the filling. Bake at
375 degrees F. for 10 to 12 minutes.

Date Filling:

2 cups chopped dates 34, cup water
34 cup sugar

Cook until thick. Add 14 cup nuts if desired. You may use jam for
filling if you wish.
—Enes Stringam

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