Mary Jane's cook book

Boil molasses and butter together 5 minutes, take from stove and add soda and ginger sifted with enough flour to roll out. Eoll as thin as note paper and cut in strips about 4 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide. Bake in a quick oven. OLD-FASHIONED CARAWAY COOKIES. Butter, 1 cup. Salt, 1/2 teaspoon. Sugar, 2 cups. Vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon. Milk, 3/4 cup. Caraway seeds, 2 heaping teaspoons. Eggs, 2. Flour, 5 cups. Baking powder, 2 teaspoons. Hub butter and sugar to a cream, add milk, beaten eggs, flour sifted with baking powder and salt, caraway seeds and vanilla. Roll out very thin and cut in fancy shapes. Bake quickly in a very hot oven. MONKEYS. Sugar, 1 cup. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Butter, 1 heaping tablespoon. Flour, 2 cups. Egg, 1. Lemon extract, 1 teaspoon. Sour milk, 2/3 cup. Raisins. Cream butter and sugar, add beaten egg and remaining ingredients in order given. Drop from spoon onto buttered floured pan, press three raisins into each (2 for eyes and one for mouth) and bake till lightly browned. M. D., Fitchburg. PEANUT BUTTER DAINTIES. Peanut butter, 2 tablespoons. Flour, 1 cup. Sugar, 1 cup. Eggs, 2. Baking powder, y2 teaspoon. Rub peanut butter to a cream. Mix with sugar and flour until smooth, then add well beaten eggs and baking powder. Drop from spoon on buttered paper 1/2 inch apart and bake in moderate oven till golden brown. COCOANUT MACAROONS. Egg whites, 4. Powdered sugar, 1 cup. Grated cocoanut, 11/2 cups. Beat the egg whites till very stiff and dry, then gradually beat in the sugar. Cut and fold in the cocoanut and drop on oiled paper from a tablespoon. Bake in a moderate oven about 15 minutes. OATMEAL MACAROONS. Sugar, 1 cup. Eggs, 2. Butter, 1 large tablespoon. Rolled oats, 2 1/2 cups. Salt, 1/2 teaspoon. Vanilla, 1/2 teaspoon. Baking powder, 2 teaspoons. Cream butter and sugar, add other ingredients and drop into nicely buttered tins by teaspoonfuls, leaving a good space between as mixture spreads. Bake a golden brown. Clinging Vine. PECAN MACAROONS. Egg, 1. Pecan nut meats, 1 cup. Brown sugar, 1 cup. Salt, 1/4 teaspoon. Beat the white of the egg until stiff and dry. Add gradually the brown sugar, beating all the time. Cut and fold in the finely chopped nut meats which have been sprinkled with the salt. Drop from tip of spoon 1 inch apart on a buttered cookie sheet or the bottom of a dripping pan turned upside down. Bake 8 minutes in a moderate oven. Makes 2 dozen. PEANUT BUTTER MACAROONS. Peanut butter, 4 tablespoons. Egg whites, 3. Powdered sugar, 4 tablespoons. Corn meal, a pinch. Beat egg whites till stiff and dry and mix all thoroughly in a bowl, let stand an hour and beat into a flaky paste. Drop in teaspoonfuls on a buttered paper and bake in moderate oven till golden brown. INDIANS. Butter, 1/2 cup. Sugar, 1 cup. Unsweetened chocolate, 2 Flour, 1/2 cup. squares. Eggs, 2. Chopped walnuts, 1 cup. Melt butter and chocolate together in a saucepan. Beat the eggs till light and add sugar. Gradually stir into this the flour, add the chocolate mixture and the nuts, and drop by spoonfuls on a cookie sheet or dripping pan turned upside down and well greased. Bake in a moderate oven. BRAN COOKIES. Butter, 1/2 cup. Bran, 2y2 cups. Brown sugar, 1 cup. Salt, 1 teaspoon.