The Gertrude Bobbitt Circle cook book

Cream butter, add sugar gradually. Add eggs and extract, grind nuts and cocoanut together in food chopper. Add all of this together, sift dry ingredients, add last. Shape in rolls, wrap in wax sheet, place in refrigerator until chilled. Slice thin and bake 375 degrees, 10 to 12 min. Bakes 125 cookies. Mrs. E. P. Hughes TASTY SUGAR COOKIES Two cups sugar, one-half cup of butter, one cup of milk, one teaspoon of soda, one teaspoon of ground cinnamon. Add enough flour to make dough about like pie crust, put in ice box and chill thoroughly. Roll very thin, sprinkle sugar over and cut with biscuit cutter and bake in moderate oven. Mrs. J. E. Connell ENGLISH JAM CAKE % cup butter 1 teaspoonful nutmeg 1 cup sugar ^2 cup milk 3 eggs V2 cup jam 2 cups flour ^2 cup raisins (if desired) 1 teaspoonful soda 1 teaspoonful cinnamon Mix ingredients and bake in flat pan or as cup cakes if desired. Mrs. Blanche Kennerly DATE STICKS 1 cup flour 1 eup sugar 1 teaspoonful baking powder 2 cups sliced pitted dates V'l teaspoonful salt V2 CUP broken nutmeats 2 eggs 1 tablespoonful hot water 1 tbsp. melted butter Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat eggs until light, gradually adding sugar, then pour in butter and add dates and nuts. Finally work in sifted mixture. Pour in buttered pan. Bake in slow oven. Cut in strips. Roll in powdered sugar. Mrs. Hugh Mauldin BANANA CUP-CAKES V2 CUP shortening 1 teaspoon baking powder IV2 cup sugar % teaspoon soda 2 beaten eggs V2 euP sour milk 2 cups flour 1 cup mashed, sieved bananas V2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Thoroughly cream shortening and sugar; add eggs and beat well. Add sifted ingredients alternately with sour milk, banana and vanilla. Fill cupcake pans half full. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) about 20 minutes. This makes about 2x/2 dozen. Mrs. Joe Shulenherger OLD FASHIONED COOKIES \'-> cup shortening 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup sugar \x/i cup flour Pinch of nutmeg y2 teaspoon soda 1 egg well beaten V2 teaspoon salt Drop by spoonsful on greased cookie sheet or roll and cut. Cook 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Mrs. Joe L. Wright CRISP FRUIT OR NUT COOKIES y2 cup Crisco or other good 1 cup flour shortening 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup brown sugar Vi tsp. soda 1 egg V-i tsp. salt Cream shortening and sugar, add unbeaten egg, cream good. Flour, salt and sugar sifted together and added, then add 1/3 cup dry mince meat cut fine or l/o cup nuts. Drop with teaspoon on greased baking sheet about 12 to a baking sheet and bake at 375 for about 12 or 15 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes before taking off baking sheet. Mrs. Will Eagle BROWNIES 2 squares of chocolate 2 eggs Y2 cup butter 2/3 cup nuts 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 cup flour Melt chocolate and butter and let cool. Beat eggs — add sugar, flour, nuts, and vanilla — then chocolate mixture. Bake in a slow oven from 30 to 40 minutes. Mrs. Joe L. Wright BROWNIES Beat two eggs, (whites and yellows) Add one cup of sugar Add one cup of flour Melt 2 squares of Baker's Chocolate in x/o cup of Nucoa or Crisco Add one small can of cocoanut (without the milk) Add one cup chopped pecans Bake in a well-greased pan in slow oven 20 to 25 minutes. Cut in squares while hot. Mrs. H. E. Eagan CHOCOLATE BROWNIES