Sugar Cookies, No. I

Eight table-spoonfuls of sugar.

Six table-spoonfuls of melted butter.

Four table-spoonfuls of milk. Two eggs.

Two tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder. Flour to thicken.

Stir the butter into the sugar; beat the eggs light, and add them to the butter and sugar, stirring well; then add the milk. Sift the powder with a little of the flour, and stir this in, adding enough more flour to admit of rolling out the dough. Place the latter on a well floured board and roll it thin ; then cut out the cookies with a cutter, dip each one in granulated sugar as soon as cut, and bake in a quick oven.

Sugar Cookies, No. 2

Two eggs.

One nutmeg (grated).

Three large tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder.

Flour to thicken.

Two cupfuls of sugar.

One-half cupful of butter.

One-half cupful of lard.

One cupful of milk.

One tea-spoonful of salt.

Rub the butter, lard and sugar well together, and add the eggs, well beaten, the salt and the nutmeg. Sift the powder in a little of the flour, add this and enough more flour to form a dough that may be rolled. Then roll the dough, cut it out, and bake in a quick oven.

Cream Cookies

One pint of sweet cream. Three eggs. Flour to thicken.

Two cupfuls of sugar.

Two tea-spoonfuls of soda.

Four tea-spoonfuls of cream of tartar.

One-half tea-spoonful of nutmeg.

One-half tea-spoonful of cinnamon.

Put the ingredients together in the same order as directed for the sugar cookies, and bake in a quick oven.

Cookies Without Eggs

One and one-half cupfuls of butter.

Two cupfuls of sugar.

One cupful of milk.

One tea-spoonful of soda.

Two tea-spoonfuls of cream of tartar.

One nutmeg (grated).

Flour to thicken.

Place the ingredients together the same as for sugar cookies, adding flour to roll as soft as possible; and bake quickly.

Sour Milk Cookies

One cupful of butter.

Two cupfuls of sugar.

Two-thirds cupful of sour milk.

Flour to thicken.

Two eggs.

One lemon (rind and two tea-spoonfuls of juice).

One tea-spoonful of soda.

Two tea-spoonfuls of cold water.

Rub the butter and the sugar together, and add the eggs, well beaten, the rind of the lemon and the required quantity of juice. Dissolve the soda id the cold water, turn it into the milk, and stir both into the mixture. Add flour to thicken, roll out and bake quickly.

Chocolate Cookies

One square of Baker's chocolate (one ounce).

Two cupfuls of sugar.

One cupful of butter.

Flour to thicken.

Two eggs.

One tea-spoonful of soda.

One-half cupful of milk.

Melt the chocolate and butter together, add the sugar, the eggs, well beaten, and the milk, in which the soda has been dissolved. Add flour to roll out thin, and cut into small cookies. Frost the cookies with an icing of confectioners sugar.