Australian Date Cake, Or Cookies

Three cups flour, one small cup sugar, one-half pound butter, one teaspoon cream tartar, one-half teaspoon soda, two eggs, a little milk. Mix and roll as for cookies; place a seeded date (flattened) on each cooky and fold edges over. If preferred, dates may be chopped and added to dough. - Mrs. C. F. Phil-brook, Bisbee, Ariz.

Cookies

One cup sugar and one-half cup butter beaten together; add two eggs, one-half cup milk, two teaspoons baking powder, one-half cup each raisins, currants and figs chopped, add flour enough to roll out. Bake in moderate oven. - Mrs. E. S. Marez, Bisbee, Ariz.

Cookies

One-fourth cup blanched almonds chopped fine, one-half cup of hard butter (free from salt), one-fourth cup sugar, three yolks of hard boiled eggs finely mashed, one raw egg, one-half cup of flour, one teaspoon of baking powder. Mix all, together stiff enough to roll out, cut, sprinkle with sugar and bake in moderate oven. - Mrs. J. Salzman, Los Angeles, Calif.

Cookies Without Eggs

One cup of lard, two cups granulated sugar, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda; flour sufficient to make stiff enough to roll, nutmeg. Roll thin and bake. - Mrs. E. H. Ayer, Detroit, Mich.

Cookies

One cug sugar, two eggs, one cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda, one nutmeg, flour sufficient to roll out. - Mrs. W. Patterson, Williams, Ariz.

Cookies

Two cups sugar, three-fourth cup butter, one cup milk, one-half nutmeg, three eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately, one quart flour, three teaspoons baking powder. Tried many times and proven good. - Mrs. Mary McLeib, Anaheim, Calif.

Cookies

Two cups sugar, add two eggs and beat well, one cup butter and beat well again, stir one teaspoon soda in one cup of sour milk and add to the mixture enough flour to make a soft dough. Roll thin and bake in hot oven. - Mrs. K. Wisehart, Flagstaff, Ariz.

Cookies

Three eggs, one cup of sugar, one tablespoon of sweet milk, nutmeg or other flavoring to taste, one tablespoon of butter. Add flour to make stiff dough, roll and bake in hot oven. - Mrs. Wm. Kay. Williams, Ariz.

Cookies

Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of sour milk, two eggs, one teaspoon soda, flavor with nutmeg; mix soft, roll thin, sprinkle with sugar. Bake in a quick oven. - Mrs. A. R. Kilgore, Seattle, Wash.

Cookies

Two cups of sugar, one-half cup of lard, one-half cup of butter, one cup of sour milk, one teaspoon of soda, one grated nutmeg. Flour enough to roll out nicely. - Mrs. W. Patterson, Williams, Ariz.

Almond Cookies

Two cups sugar, one cup butter, three eggs, one pound chpoped almonds (do not blanch), saving out one-quarter pound for top, one-quarter cup milk (sweet), one teaspoon baking powder, enough flour to roll out, vanilla. Roll thin, cut with heart-shaped cutter; moisten top with beaten yolk and milk. Sprinkle the reserve one-quarter pounds almonds over them and lastly dust with .sugar. Will keep six months. - Mrs. L. E. Morris, Manistee, Mich.

English Cookies

Cream together two cups C. sugar and one cup Cottolene. two eggs well beaten, one teaspoon soda, three cups flour, spice to suit taste, one cup chopped raisins and nuts. Drop from spoon into greased pan two inches apart. Use all of the flour. - Mrs. Aphold. Hawaiian Islands.

Fruit Cookies

Two cups of brown sugar, one cup of shorting, (butter and lard), two eggs, one cup of sour milk, one teaspoon of soda, one teaspoon of cinnamon, one-half teaspoon of cloves, one cup of chopped raisins, one cup of chopped walnuts and flour to mix soft. - Mrs. Rose L. Hicks, Williams, Ariz.

Lemon Cookies

Two eggs, one-half cup butter, scant; one cup water or milk, one cup sugar, one teaspoonful lemon juice, two teaspoons baking powder, sifted with the flour, a little nutmeg, mix soft and roll thin. Sprinkle sugar on top of each. Almonds can also be used. - Mrs. J. Eetman, Williams, Ariz.

Molasses Cookies

One cup New Orleans molasses, one-half cup lard, three-quarter cup boiling water poured over; one heaping teaspoon soda, one pinch salt, one tablespoon ginger. Mix with flour, soft as possible, and roll. - Mrs. Chas. Wade, Williams, Ariz.

Plain Cookies

Add one cup sugar, one large tablespoon butter and one of lard, three eggs, one cup milk, two teaspoons baking powder, one and one-half teaspoons lemon extract; flour enough to mix soft. - Mrs. Emerson, Williams, Ariz.

1831 Seed Cookies

One pound flour, two cups sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of milk in which has been dissolved one small spoon soda, one tablespoonful of cinnamon and a generous quantity of caraway seed. Very good.

Sour Milk Cookies

Two cups sugar, one-half cup of lard, one-half cup of butter, three eggs, one cup sour milk, one-half teaspoon soda dissolved in teaspoonful hot water, one teaspoon baking powder, one teaspoon nutmeg, enough flour for thin dough. Roll thin. Bake in quick oven. - Mrs. Albert Lebsch, Williams, Ariz.

Sour Cream Cookies

One egg, one-half cup sour cream, one and one-half cups sugar. Beat egg well, add milk to egg, one cup butter, three cups flour, flavoring, roll thin. - Miss Lela Morrison, Los Angeles, Calif.