Cinnamon Toast

Toast a slice of bread, then butter it. While it is still hot, sprinkle this mixture over the top:

1 Tablespoon sugar.......}Mixed

1/2 Teaspoon cinnamon ........}

Popcorn

You do not need a popper for this recipe. Just put the corn in a saucepan with a tablespoon full of Spry, butter, or oleo. Cover the dish, and let it cook over a slow flame-When the corn is popped, it will not have to be buttered. Gingerbread Boys-Before you start this, read through the whole recipe to be sure you have all the things needed. Cookie cutters (Not necessary but fun to have.) Raisins

1 cup of molasses......................

1/2 cup shortening (butter or lard).........

. . heat these together slowly. Then sift together

31/4 cups flour, Add

1/2 teaspoon soda, 1 tablespoon ginger, 1/2 teaspoon salt.

Mix all these dry materials together and add to melted shortening and molasses. Beat well. Sprinkle a little flour on the breadboard, and roll out the dough. When you have cut out the boys, (if you do not have a shaped cutter, you can draw the figures with the point of a sharp knife), make eyes, nose, and a mouth-also buttons with raisins. Cook in a moderate oven (350) for about 20 to 35 minutes. Try making gingerbread animals.

Things To Make For Christmas

If you would like to make your own Christmas cards to send to friends at Christmas, here is a suggestion. Use any size card you want; and the pattern may be a Christmas tree, a wreath, or perhaps a little animal. Cut the pattern you want and paste it very lightly-just so that it will hold-on your card. Now spatter a little paint on this-spattering it through a piece of screen. The best way to do it is to put the card in a box, and lay a fine-mesh screen on the top-spattering paint on the screen so it will go through to the card. Wait until the paint is dry, and then lift up your pattern. Use the same color paint, instead of ink, to write your greeting.

Some of the prettiest trimmings for the Christmas tree can be made from things found in the house. Strings of popcorn are nice-especially if you string red cranberries with the corn. Circles of stiff paper, covered with paste and then sprinkled with confetti, make another good decoration to hang on the tree. Animal crackers covered with colored frosting look inviting and make something to serve the Christmas guests. Colored straws cut in small pieces and strung between red cranberries, make a good tree ornament.