Orange Wafers.

Cream one-fourth cup of butter, add one-half cup of sugar, the yolks of two eggs, one tablespoon of orange juice in which the grated peel has been soaked. Mix with one scant cup of flour with which one teaspoon of baking powder has been sifted. Chill, roll very thin, and put a bit of candied orange peel on each.

Hermits.

One cup each of butter and sugar, two eggs, one-fourth teaspoon of soda, one teaspoon of cinnamon, one-half teaspoon of cloves, a little nutmeg, one-fourth teaspoon of salt, and enough flour to make it stiff enough to drop. Stir in one cup or more of raisins, which have been chopped fine, or part raisins and part nuts. Mix in the order given, and drop from a tablespoon into a well-buttered shallow pan, or add more flour, and roll and cut.

Peanut Cookies.

Cream together two ounces of butter and one-half cup of sugar, add one egg, well beaten, two tablespoons of milk, and one-half teaspoon of salt.

Mix one teaspoon of baking powder with one cup of flour, stir it in, and add one cup of finely chopped peanuts. Drop it by the teaspoonful on buttered tins an inch or two apart, put a half peanut on each, and bake in a quick oven.

Molasses Cookies.

Scald one cup of molasses, take from the stove and stir in one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of sugar, one tablespoon of ginger, and a little salt. When cool, add one-fourth cup of water in which one-half teaspoon of soda is dissolved. Mix with enough flour to make a soft dough - about one quart. Roll till about one-eighth inch thick, cut out, and bake in a moderate oven.

Soft Molasses Gingerbread

Sift together one pint of flour, one-half teaspoon each of salt and soda, and one teaspoon of ginger. Mix with one scant cup of molasses and two tablespoons of fat softened in one-half cup of hot water. Spread in a shallow pan or bake in muffin pans for twenty minutes or more in a moderate oven.

Shredded cocoanut or almonds or peanuts may be sprinkled over the top of the gingerbread in the pans before baking.

Doughnuts.

Sift one quart of sifted flour with one teaspoon of salt, three teaspoons of baking powder, one-half tea-spoon of mixed spice, and one cup of sugar. Mix with one beaten egg and one cup of milk. Or use one-half teaspoon of soda and one cup of sour milk in place of sweet milk, sifting the soda with the other dry materials.

For richer doughnuts add another egg and one tablespoon of thick cream or melted butter.