Sugar Cookies

Mrs. Sampson.

One cup sugar, 2-3 cup butter, 4 tablespoons milk, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 eggs, vanilla, a little cinnamon or nutmeg and flour enough to roll.

Macaroons

Whites of 2 eggs beaten stiff, 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons chocolate, 1 cup nuts, chopped fine. Bake in a slow oven.

Kisses

Whites of 4 eggs beaten stiff. Add 1/2 pound powdered sugar. Drop on greased tin. Wipe over with a wet knife. Bake quickly.

Hermits

Two cups sugar, 1/2 cup molasses, 1 cup butter, 3 eggs, 1 cup chopped raisins, 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in little warm water. All kinds of spices. Flour enough to roll.

Honey Cakes

One cup honey, 1 cup sugar, 4 eggs, 6 bars of chocolate, 3 cups flour and 2 teaspoons baking powder; add spices and flavor to taste. Spread thinly in large pans and bake. Frost with boiled frosting and cut in little strips.

Chocolate Kisses

Whites of 2 eggs beaten stiff, 2-3 cup of powdered sugar, 3 sticks or 1 cup grated chocolate, 1 cup chopped walnuts. Drop on oiled paper and bake in slow oven about 30 minutes.

Citron Rolls

One pound sweet butter, 1 pound bar sugar, creamed. Add 8 well-beaten eggs, 1 pound citron and 1/2 pound lemon peel cut fine, 2 tablespoons vanilla, flour enough to make soft dough for rolling, having added a knife point full of hartshorn. Put dough in cool place, using only a small quantity at a time. Roll into long strips. Cut into 2 or 3 inch lengths. Bake in waxed pans, after making three cross wise impressions on each. Rub over with yolks of egg and bake in moderate oven.

Cookies

Cream 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup butter; add 1 egg well beaten, 2 tablespoons cold water, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and a pinch of nutmeg. Flour enough to roll thin. Bake in hot oven.

Sugar Cookies

Four eggs, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 2 teaspoons baking powder. Flour enough to roll.

Fruit Cookies

One egg, 1 cup sugar mixed together; add 1/2 cup shortening (1/4 lard, 1/4 butter), 1 cup chopped, seeded raisins, 2 tablespoons sour milk with a level teaspoon soda, 1/2 teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves, mace and nutmeg. Flour enough to roll.

Dark Cookies

One cup butter, 4 cups dark brown sugar, 4 eggs, 1 teaspoon soda, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, flour enough to make stiff dough. Roll out thin and bake in moderate oven.

Almond Cookies

Grate the yolks of 1 dozen hard-boiled eggs, use 1 cup blanched almonds (finely chopped), 1 pound butter, 6 raw well-beaten eggs, grated rind of 1 lemon, 1 wineglass brandy, pinch of hartshorn, then sweeten and flavor to taste and add sufficient flour to roll. Grease pans lightly and paint the tops of cookies with well-beaten yolks of eggs mixed with milk. Sprinkle with finely chopped almonds, sugar and cinnamon and bake.

Nut Cookies

Two tablespoons butter and 1 cup sugar creamed; 3 well-beaten eggs, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons milk, 2 cups finely chopped nuts (almonds or peanuts are best), and flour enough to roll.

Anise Seed Cookies

Nine eggs, 1 pound sugar, 1 pound flour, beaten for 1 hour. Add 3 tablespoons anise seed. Drop from a spoon on waxed tins; let set over night. Bake next day in a moderately heated oven.

German Christmas Cookies

One dozen eggs, 12 tablespoons honey, 3 pounds sugar, 25 cents almonds chopped fine, 25 cents citron chopped fine, 1 tablespoon hartshorn, 1 1/2 tablespoon baking powder, 1 tablespoon each of cinnamon, allspice, cloves and nutmeg. Flour to make very stiff. Mix one week before baking. Then roll out thin and cut with a knife.

German Butter Xmas Cookies

One pound usalted butter and 1 pound bar sugar creamed together until white. Add 8 well-beaten yolks; beat 10 minutes; then beat in the 8 well-beaten whites. Flavor with 1 tablespoon each of lemon and vanilla. Add a generous knife point of grated hartshorn which has been mixed in a saucer of flour. Then flour enough to make a soft dough to roll. Do not knead. Roll very thin and brush with milk and yolks of egg.

Graham Cookies

Two and one-half cups brown sugar, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons melted butter, 1 teaspoon soda, and sufficient graham flour to roll. May add caraway seed, nuts or raisins.

Rocks

Cream together 1 1/2 cups brown sugar and 1 cup butter. Add 3 eggs, 1 cup chopped walnuts, 1 1/2 cups raisins (seeded), 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 level teaspoon soda dissolved in water and 2 1/2 cups of flour. Drop from a teaspoon and bake slowly.

Walnut Wafers

Beat 2 eggs light, add 1 cup brown sugar, 3 heaping tablespoons flour in which 1/4 teaspoon baking powder has been mixed, 1-3 teaspoon salt and 1 cup of walnut meats slightly broken. Drop on buttered tins and bake until brown.