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Cream thoroughly three-quarters of a cupful of butter and one cupful of sugar. Add three eggs, first the yolks, then the whites, each beaten separately; add one-eighth of a cupful of canned fruit juice — peach, apricot, or any good juice, one-fourth of a cupful of corn-starch and sufficient flour to make a soft dough. Roll out thin, cut with a jumble cutter. Sprinkle the tops with blanched almonds and granulated sugar. Press lightly with a rolling pin, lay on greased pans and bake in a moderate oven. Caterer for Children's Parties. PLAIN JUMBLES. Take three cupfuls of sugar, two cupfuls of butter, three eggs, four tablespoonfuls of sour cream and one teaspoonful of soda Mrs. Bryant. PLAIN JUMBLES— No. 2. Rub one pound of sugar and one pound of butter together. Beat well four eggs, add one-half teaspoonful of baking-powder and milk to make them soft. Roll thin and cut out with a cake cutter. T. H. Green. ROCK CRYSTAL JUMBLES. Work three-quarters of a pound of butter into one and one-half pounds of flour, one-half pound of sugar and three eggs beaten well. Add one-quarter of a nutmeg grated, one-half teaspoonful of lemon or vanilla extract. Mix well, roll out to the thickness of one-eighth of an inch, grate loaf sugar over the dough; cut it with a biscuit or cake cutter, so that there will be a hole in the center. Lay them on flat tin plates and bake ten minutes, in a quick oven. Mrs. F. T. Mount. EXCELLENT COOKIES. One cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, two eggs, two tablespoonfuls of milk, two teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, a little nutmeg; flour to make a soft dough. Mrs. E. M. Muchanan. OATMEAL COOKIES. One cupful of sugar, one cupful of butter, one-half cupful of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in the milk, two eggs, two cupfuls of oat-meal, two cupfuls of white flour, one cupful of chopped raisins. Mix soft, and roll. Cut in squares or with a cooky cutter. These are very delicious. This recipe calls for "Quaker Oats." Mrs. G. L. Galbraith. HERMITS. One and one-half cupfuls of brown or maple sugar, one cupful of butter, one-half teaspoonful of soda dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of hot water, three eggs, a little nutmeg, pinch of salt, one and one-half cupfuls of seeded and floured raisins, three and one-half cupfuls of flour in which one teaspoonful of cream of tartar has been sifted, and one-fourth cupful of buttermilk. Drop the dough from the spoon in disconnected cakes. O. C. A. HOLLAND COOKIES. (Fine.) One quart of honey, two pounds of brown sugar, one quart of thick, sour cream, one heaping teaspoonful of soda, one-half pound of almonds, chopped fine, one-half pound of citron, chopped fine, one even tablespoonful of cinnamon, one-half tablespoonful of cloves, one-half tablespoonful of allspice, one even tablespoonful of salt, one-half of a nutmeg. Can use golden syrup in place of honey. Mrs. Marion Lovewell. FAIRY QINQER COOKIES, One cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of milk, four cupfuls of flour, one-third teaspoonful of soda, one tablespoonful of ginger. Beat the butter to a cream; add the sugar, gradually, and when