Cookies

3 cups brown sugar, 1 cup lard, 1 cup water, 2 tsp. soda, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. each cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, 1/2 cup raisins, flour enough for soft batter to roll.

Mix together in the order given, dissolving soda in water. Roll thin, cut in shapes, and bake.

- Mrs. V. White.

Every Day Cookies

4 tbsp. shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 3 eggs well-beaten, lemon extract. Mix these well and add: 4 tsp. Calumet baking powder, sifted with 4 cups flour and 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/2 cup or more milk. Make stiff enough to roll. Cut in shapes and bake. Makes 60 cookies.

- Mrs. W. E. Hosier.

Thin Crisp Cookies

1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup nuts (preferably almonds or black walnuts), 2 tbsp. milk, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1 egg, 1/4 tsp. salt, 2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Cream butter, add sugar and egg. Beat constantly, then add flour, baking powder and salt mixed, alternating with milk. Mold in long flat roll as large around as you want cookies. Chill thoroughly over night. Slice and bake 10 minutes in a moderate oven.

- Mrs. G. F. Falley.

Cookies

1 egg, 1 cup sugar, 1 heaping cup beef drippings, mixed spices - ginger, cinnamon and cloves, 1 cup thick sour cream, 1 cup molasses, flour enough to roll.

- Mrs. S. F. Burden.

Sour Cream Cookies

1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1/4 tsp. soda, 3 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 2 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sour cream, vanilla and nutmeg flavoring.

- Mrs. A. H. Graves.

Sour Cream Cookies

3/4 cup butter, 1 1/2 cup sugar, 3 eggs (well-beaten), 1 cup thick sour cream, 1 tsp. soda (dissolved in cream), 3 cups flour, 1 tsp. baking powder (scant), 1 tsp. ginger, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. cloves, pinch of salt, 1 cup walnut meats, 1 cup raisins, (cut in two). Drop from spoon. - Mrs. E. R. Pulliam.

Frosted Creams

1 cup sugar, 1 cup molasses, 3 egg yolks, 1 cup half lard and half butter, 1 cup sour milk, 1 tsp. ginger, cinnamon and cloves, 4 cups sifted flour, 3 tsp. soda, dissolved in sour milk. Bake in shallow pans and frost.

Frosting

1 1/2 cups sugar. Dissolve the sugar with a little water and boil until it threads; then pour over the well-beaten whites of 3 eggs. - Mrs. Ira Shearer.

Sour Cream Cookies

2 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup sour cream, 1 tsp. soda, 1 cup chopped raisins, 1/2 cup lard and butter, 2 cups flour, pinch salt, vanilla. Drop from tsp. upon buttered tins.

- Mrs. Clarence Rich.

Mother Hobson's Cookies

1 cup sugar, 1 cup molasses, 1 cup lard, 1 cup sweet milk, 2 level tsp. soda, 2 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. cloves, 1/4 tsp. mace, 1/4 tsp. salt, about 5 cups flour. Roll out as soft as possible and cut in oblong squares.

Frosting

1 cup pulverized sugar, 1/2 tsp. vanilla, 1/2 tsp. lemon, 2 tbsp. hot water. Spread thin on cookies.

- Mrs. A. S. Maxham.

Rainy Day Cookies

4 eggs, 3 cups brown sugar, 2 cups butter, 8 cups flour, 2 tsp. soda, 2 tsp. ginger.

Cream butter and sugar, beat the eggs well, mix all together. Roll thin, cut in shapes and bake.

- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.