Mary Jane's cook book

Eggs, 2. Unsweetened chocolate, 2 squares. Sugar, 1 cup. Flour, 2 cups. Milk, 1 teaspoon. Cream the butter and sugar, add eggs well beaten, chocolate melted and flour sifted with baking powder. Roll out 1 inch thick, cut out with a doughnut cutter, dust with powdered sugar and bake 10 minutes. PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES. Peanut butter, y2 cup. Whole wheat flour, 1 cup. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Brown sugar, *4 cup. Water, ~yz cup. Salt, a pinch. Dissolve soda in water and mix with nut butter, add flour sifted with salt and sugar. Mix well, roll very thin, cut in strips and bake in quick oven until brown. ORANGE COOKIES. Butter, 14 cup. Orange juice, 14 cup. Sugar, % cup. Flour, 3 cups. Egg, 1. Baking powder, 2 teaspoons. Grated rind of 1 orange. Cream butter and sugar and stir in well beaten egg. Add orange juice and flour sifted with baking powder. Add grated yellow rind of the orange and mix all well together. Roll out very thin, cut with a cookie cutter and bake in a moderate oven. COCOANUT JUMBLES. Butter, i/o cup. Baking powder, 1 teaspoon. Sugar, 1/2 cup. Eggs, 2. Flour, 2 cups. Cocoanut, 1 cup. Vanilla, 1 teaspoon. Cream butter and sugar, add flavoring, well beaten eggs and flour sifted with the baking powder. Stir in cocoanut last of all. Roll out thin, adding a little more flour if needed. Cut into rings with a jumble cutter. Brush the tops with milk, sprinkle with a mixture of granulated sugar and cocoanut and bake a delicate brown in a rather hot oven. HARD GINGERBREAD COOKIES. Molasses, 1 cup. Ginger, 1 teaspoon. Sugar, 1 cup. Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon. Lard, 2-3 cup. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Salt, 1 teaspoon. Milk, 1 cup. Flour, 1 quart. Warm lard and mix well with molasses and sugar, then add salt and spices. Stir soda into milk and add. Sift flour before measuring and stir in lightly. Turn onto molding board and roll out to 1-3-inch thickness. Sift sugar over it and roll in lightly. Cut in squares and oblongs and bake in moderate oven. SPICED TEA CAKES. Eggs, 2. Soda, 1/2 teaspoon. Butter, 1 heaping tablespoon. Allspice, ^ teaspoon. Milk. Clove, % teaspoon. Sucrar, 1 cup. Cinnamon, y2 teaspoon. Flour, 2 cups. Nutmeg, a dash. Cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon. "Raisins, 1 cup. Break eggs into a cup, melt butter and add to eggs, fill up cup with milk and turn into a mixing bowl. Add sugar, sift flour 3 times with remaining dry ingredients and add. Lastly stir in floured raisins. Bake in gem pans and frost with white frosting. H. E. G., Roxbury. CINNAMON CRISPS. Butter, 1-3 cup. Baking powder, 1 teaspoon. Sugar, 2-3 cup. Salt, 1 teaspoon. Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon. Flour, iy2 cups. Milk, 14 cup. Cream the butter and sugar, add the cinnamon sifted with the baking powder, salt and flour. Add the milk and roll very thin, cut in rounds, and sprinkle the top with cinnamon and sugar. Bake 10 minutes in a very hot oven. CHOCOLATE SQUARES. Butter, 1-3 cup. Egg, 1. Brown sugar, y2 cup. Chocolate, 2 squares. White sugar, i/2 cup. Flour, i/2 cup. Salt, a pinch. Nut meats, % cup. Vanilla, 1 teaspoon.