Mary Jane's cook book

Soften butter and cream it with sugar and salt, melt chocolate and add with beaten egg, sifted flour and chopped nut meats (pecans or walnuts). Spread mixture evenly in pan lined with paraffin paper and bake in a slow oven. When done cut in squares and remove from pan at once. MARGUERITES. Walnut meats, y2 cup. Egg white, 1. Sugar, 1/9 cup. Saltine crackers. Beat egg white stiff and add sugar and walnut meats. Spread a teaspoonful of the mixture on each cracker, place all on a cookie sheet and bake for a minute or two on the top grate of a hot oven. ANGEL CAKELETS. Egg whites, 5. Baking powder, % teaspoon. Sugar, 34 cup. Flour, % cup. Vanilla, 1 teaspoon. Beat egg whites till stiff and dry, and add gradually the sugar, beating after each addition. Mix and sift flour and baking powder and cut and fold in till well mixed. Fill buttered gem pans 2-3 full, sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake in a moderate oven. RAISIN DROP COOKIES. Butter, 1 cup. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Sugar, 1 cup. Nutmeg, 14 teaspoon. Eggs, 2. Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon. Milk, y2 cup. Cream of tartar, 2 teaspoons. Flour, 3 cups. Chopped raisins, 1 cup. Mix ingredients in order given, sifting dry ingredients together. Drop by spoonfuls onto a well greased pan, leaving room for cookies to spread. MAPLE RAISIN CRACKERS. Maple sugar, 1 cup. Chopped raisins, 1/2 cup. Egg whites, 2. Saltine crackers. Pulverize maple sugar and measure, add stiffly beaten egg whites and raisins and mix well. Spread saltines with mixture and place in the oven to brown. Any other cracker may be used as desired. BRAMBLES. Raisins, 1 cup. Milk, 1 cup. Lemon, 1. Lard, 1 scant cup. Sugar, 1 cup. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Flour. Chop raisins and lemon very fine, removing seeds from lemon but not peel. Add the sugar. Make a crust of the milk, lard, soda and flour, roll thin and cut in rounds with a biscuit cutter. On half the rounds put a teaspoon of the filling and cover with another round. Bake until delicate brown. Mother, South Weymouth. DEVILLED CHEESE CRACKERS. Grated cheese, iy2 cups. Olive oil, 2 tablespoons. Dry mustard, 1 teaspoon. Vinegar, 2 tablespoons. Salt and pepper. "Worcestershire sauce, 1 teaspoon. Mix cheese, mustard and a little salt and pepper, add oil and beat until creamy, then add vinegar and Worcestershire sauce. Spread on toast or crackers and heat for a few minutes in a hot oven. CHEESE FINGERS. Grated cheese, 1 cup. Cayenne, a pinch. Flour, 1 cup. Butter, 1 heaping tablespoon Salt, i/o teaspoon. Cold water. Mix ingredients in order given and add enough cold water to make a paste. Roll out thin, cut into strips and bake in a hot oven 5 or 10 minutes. DEVILLED CRACKERS. Spread saltines or butter thins with butter, dust lightly with cayenne and set in oven till they are a delicate brown. CHEESE STRAWS. Flour, 1 pound. Egg, 1. Butter, 1 pound. Cayenne pepper. Grated cheese, 1 pound. Water, y2 cup. Mustard, 1 teaspoon. Cut butter into flour, add cheese, beaten egg, cayenne and mustard. Roll thin, cut into strips % inch wide and bake till light brown. PUFFED CRACKERS.