Sour Cream Cookies

1 teaspoon soda. 1 cup butter. 1 cup sour cream. 2 cups of sugar. 2 eggs. 3 1/2 cups flour.

Cream the butter and gradually add the sugar, beating all the time. Add 2 well-beaten eggs and the sour cream, adding the soda to it (first dissolving it in a little hot water). Have the mixture as soft as possible. Roll thin and bake in a moderate oven.

Ideal Cookies

2 cups sugar. 2 teaspoons cinnamon. 1/2 cup butter. 1/2 grated nutmeg. 2 eggs. 1/2 cup milk.

Flour to make soft dough that can be handled. 2 teaspoons of baking powder.

Cream the butter, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg very thoroughly, add 2 well-beaten eggs, beat well, and stir in 1/2 cup of milk, add flour to make a dough that can be handled, sifting the baking powder into part of it.

Flour your hands lightly, take bits of the dough and shape them into balls between the palms. Throw each ball into a cup of granulated sugar, and shake until it is thoroughly coated. Place these balls on a well-greased pan and they will spread into cookies. Bake slowly to a very pale yellow. They will be spicy, sparkling and crackled all over like macaroons. (Delicious.)

Cucumber Relish

Select fresh cucumbers. Cut them across the middle, and shave a slice off each round end, that they may stand upright. Scoop out the inside, not too close to the rind, and chop it with one-half its bulk of onion. Moisten with French dressing, fill the cucumber cups, and lay a few nasturtiums beside the tall green cups.

 

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