SPRINGERLI Rosa Scholer, Luseland, Sask. 8 eggs, 4 cups sugar, 6-10 drops oil of anise flavor, enough flour to make rather soft dough to roll out, 4 tea- spoons baking powder, 4 teaspoon bak- ing soda, pinch of cream of tartar. Beat eggs and sugar until very light and foamy. Add the anise flavor. Sift together the dry ingredients with some of the flour. Add more flour until batter is of the right consistency to roll out. Cut with small cutters. Allow cookies to rise 4-6 hours or overnight. Bake in slow’ oven. until browned. we. CHOCOLATE COOKIES Rosa Scholer, Luseland, Sask. 8 eggs, 3 cups sugar, 8 tablespoons cocoa or 4 squares unsweetened choco- alte, 1 cup walnuts (finely chopped), enough flour to make rather soft dough to roll out, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1, teaspoon baking soda, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon cloves. Beat eggs and sugar until very light and foamy. Add the melted chocolate or the cocoa sifted together with the other dry ingredients and some of the flour. Add the chopped nuts and more flour until batter is of right consistency to roll out. Roll out this batter in sugar instead of flour (a small sprinkle of flour may be used if batter sticks to rolling board). Cut with small cut- ters. Allow cookies to rise 4-6 hours or overnight. Bake in slow oven. st BANANA NUT COOKIES Velma Crilly, Saskatoon, Sask. 2% cups cake flour, 2 teaspoons bak- ing powder, % teaspoon salt, 4% cup butter, 1 cup white sugar, 2 eggs beaten, % teaspoon vanilla, 4 teaspoon lemon extract or 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 cup mashed bananas (2 bananas), 1% cup chopped nuts. Sift dry ingredients. Cream shorten- ing and sugar. Add eggs and flavoring, beat well. Add bananas alternately with flour; add nuts. Drop by teaspoon on well greased pan. Bake in 350-deg. F. oven and remove from pan at once. ey CHOCOLATE CRUNCHIES Mabel Colebank, Saskatoon, Sask. 1%, cup shortening, % cup brown sugar, 1 egg, ™% lb. chocolate bits, 1 cup flour, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, 4 tea- spoon soda, 4 teaspoon salt, 4 tea- spoon vanilla, 74 cup nuts (optional). Cream butter and sugar. Add un- beaten egg. Beat well. Sift dry in- gredients, and add to shortening, butter and egg mixture. Add vanilla and fold in chocolate bits and nuts. Drop from slightly teaspoon on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 deg. F. for nine minutes. w ow TASTY DROPS Mrs. E. Eshpeter, Saskatoon, Sask. 1 cup shortening, 14% cups brown sugar, 2 eggs, % cup cocoanut, 1 Ib. dates, 1 teaspoon soda, % cup walnuts, 1 cup rolled oats, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2 cups flour (flour dates with 42 cup flour). Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs. Mix in other ingredients and drop by teaspoons on cookie sheet. Bake at 300 deg. F. for 15 minutes. w @ CHERRY WINKS Ruth Derousseau, Rice Lake, Wis. 214 cups sifted pastry flour, 1 tea- spoon baking powder, % teaspoon soda, 15 teaspoon salt, % cup shortening, 1 cup white sugar, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup chopped pecans, 1 cup chopped dates, 44% cup maraschino cherries (chopped), 214 cups corn flakes. Sift flour, baking powder, soda and salt together. Combine shortening and sugar, cream well. Add eggs, milk and vanilla; beat well. Blend in dry ingre- dients gradually; mix thoroughly. Add pecans, dates. and cherries, mix well. Shape into balls using a level table- spoonful of dough for each cookie. Crush the corn flakes. Roll each ball of dough in the corn falkes. Place on greased baking sheet. Top each cookie with 14 maraschino cherry. Bake in moder- ate over 375 deg. F. 10 to 12 minutes. TT. GINGER COOKIES Chris. Shultis, Saskatoon, Sask. 3% cup white sugar, 1 egg, % cup shortening, 4 tablespoons molasses, 2 teaspoons soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon ginger, 2 cups flour. ; Cream shortening and add sugar, egg and molasses. Sift dry ingredients and add gradually to the first mixture. Form into balls and roll in sugar. Bake in moderate oven. er OATMEAL COCOANUT COOKIES June Duffy, Oconomowoc, Wis. 1 cup white sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, 14 cup butter, % cup crisco, 2 eggs, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 tea- spoon vanilla, 2 cups oatmeal, 2 cups cocoanut, % cup nuts. Cream shortening, add sugar, eggs. Mix well. Sift flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Add vanilla, oatmeal, cocoanut and nuts. Shape into balls size of walnut, dip in sugar and bake at 375 deg. F.