Sour Cream Cookies

Two cups sugar, one cup shortening, one cup sour cream, two eggs, one teaspoon baking powder, one teaspoon baking soda, lemon flavoring, flour to make soft dough. Roll.

Mrs. O. E. Vrooman.

Standard Sugar Cookies

Cream one cup shortening. Add two cups sugar. Cream again. Add four unbeaten egg yolks. Beat. Add one-quarter cup sweet or sour milk. Fold in three and one-half cups flour sifted with two teaspoons baking powder, one-quarter teaspoon baking soda, one-half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon mace or extract. Chill in refrigerator few hours or over night. Roll one-third inch thick. Cut with cooky cutter. Bake in hot oven 400° fifteen minutes. Makes seven dozen.

Mrs. Sarah Briscoe.

Sugar Cookies

Cream one-half cup butter. Add three-quarters cup sugar; one egg beaten with two tablespoons water; two cups flour sifted with one-quarter teaspoon salt, one-quarter teaspoon baking soda; one-half teaspoon vanilla. Roll thin. Sprinkle with sugar. Cut. Bake in moderate oven. Add raisins if desired. Mary Shaner Wood.

Surprise Cookies

One-half cup shortening, one cup sugar, one egg, one-half cup milk, three and one-quarter cups flour, two teaspoons cream of tartar, one teaspoon baking soda, one teaspoon vanilla. Roll thin. Put filling made by cooking until thick, one cup chopped raisins, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup water, one tablespoon flour, lemon, between two cookies and bake. - ?

Swedish Sprit Cookies

Cream one and one-half cups butter. Add one and one-half cups sugar, two eggs, one tablespoon cold water, one teaspoon almond extract, four cups flour sifted with one-half teaspoon baking powder. Put through a cooky former, or cake and pastry decorator onto greased cooky sheets. Bake at 300° until slightly browned. Remove immediately. Become very crisp. Keep well in a closed tin.

Mrs. H. W. Severance.

Ginger Drops

One cup lard, one cup brown sugar, one egg, one cup molasses, one tablespoon baking soda dissolved in one cup boiling water, one-half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon ginger, four and one-half cups flour. Drop on cooky sheet quite far apart. Put raisins on top of each.

Mrs. C. Moore.

Oatmeal Macaroons

Cream two-thirds cup butter with two-thirds cup brown sugar. Add one egg, one cup flour, one teaspoon baking powder, one cup raw rolled oats, vanilla flavoring. If too dry to roll easily, add small amount sweet cream. Roll very thin. Bake in hot oven. Makes about thirty cookies.

Mrs. Burton Bryant.

Madelaines

Beat three eggs and one-half cup sugar very light. Fold in one cup flour sifted with one-quarter teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon baking powder. Add one teaspoon vanilla, one-half cup melted butter. Sprinkle sugar on top. Bake in well greased individual pans in hot oven 425° for twelve minutes. Cover with white frosting. Decorate with candied fruit. Makes eighteen. Mrs. Paul E. Brown.

Never Fail Meringues

To three stiffly beaten egg whites, add one cup sugar which has been sifted three times, one tablespoon vinegar. One and one-half tablespoons vanilla. Bake in moderate oven forty-five minutes. Makes six to eight.

D. Eloise Dering.

Rocks

One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one-half cup lard, three eggs, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon baking soda dissolved in one-half cup boiling water, two and one-half cups flour, one-half pound walnut meats, one pound dates, cut up. Drop from spoon into buttered pans.

Mrs. J. M. Johnson.

Scotch Short Bread

Cream one-half pound butter and one-quarter pound sugar. Add one unbeaten egg yolk. Beat well. Gradually add one pound flour sifted with one teaspoon baking powder. Place on floured bread board. Shape into flat circle. Bake in slow oven thirty minutes. When cold cut into small triangles.

Mrs. James Clasper.

Tea Cakes

One egg, one-half cup sugar, one tablespoon butter, one cup milk, two cups flour, two teaspoons cream of tartar, one teaspoon baking soda. Raisins or currants may be used.

Mrs. Harold Tomlinson.

Trilbys

Cream one-half cup butter, one-half cup lard with two cups light brown sugar. Add two well beaten eggs, two cups flour, one teaspoon baking soda, two cups oatmeal. Roll, using more flour if necessary. Bake in thin cookies, putting together while warm with filling made by cooking one-half pound finely chopped dates, one-half cup water, one-half cup sugar until it makes a paste. Mrs. Chas. Price.

Lace Molasses Wafers

Heat to boiling point very slowly, one cup molasses, one cup sugar, one cup butter. Boil one minute. Add two cups flour, one teaspoon baking powder, one-half teaspoon baking soda. Stir well. Place over pan of hot water. Drop by one-fourth teaspoon three inches apart on greased cooky sheet. Bake four minutes at 325°. Mrs. H. W. SEVERANCE.