New Delineator recipes.

Melt the chocolate and add to the melted shortening. Add sugar, egg, milk, and soda and flour sifted together. Batter should be stiff enough to drop from the spoon. Drop by spoonfuls on greased pans, and bake in a moderate oven (350-375^ F.). Frost, if desired. BROWNIES 2 squares chocolate ^ teaspoon salt ji cup fat y2 cup floui I cup white sugar ^ cup nuts I egg Melt chocolate and add it to the melted fat. Add sugar, egg, salt and flour. Mix in chopped nuts, pour in greased baking-pans, and bake at 360° F. about twenty-five minutes. They will look half baked, but mark off in squares or strips when you take them from the oven, and they will harden as they cool. Remove from the pans when cool. Serve with afternoon tea. These cookies resemble fudge in taste and appearance. GINGER SNAPS I cup molasses 3 cups flour y2 cup butter or shortening i teaspoon soda I teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons ginger Heat the molasses and shortening. Mix and sift the dry in- gredients and add to first mixture. Thoroughly chill, toss on NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES 129 lightly floured board, and roll out very thin. Cut as desired. The bowl containing the remaining dough must be kept in a cool place or it will be necessary to add more flour. Excess flour will make the cookies hard and unattractive. Put on greased baking- sheet and bake in a moderate oven (320-390° F.) twelve to fifteen minutes. PEANUT COOKIES }i cup butter or shortening ^2 teaspoon salt 1 cup brown sugar 2 cups flour 2 eggs 2 teaspoons baking-powder yi cup milk I to 2 cups chopped peanuts Melt fat, add brown sugar, eggs and milk. Add sifted salt, flour and baking-powder, and chopped peanuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased pans, an inch or two apart. Place a half peanut on each and bake in a quick oven (400° F.). RAISIN ROCKS I cup butter or shortening i teaspoon ginger I cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups molasses Flour I cup seeded raisins Cook the butter or shortening, sugar, molasses, ginger and salt together. Stir the mixture until it boils and boil it five minutes. Pour into a bowl and stir in flour and soda sifted together until it is stiff enough to drop from a spoon. Add the raisins and drop from a spoon on to a greased shallow pan. Bake the rocks in a moderate oven (380° F.). HERMITS y^ cup butter or shortening i teaspoon each of all kinds of Yz cup sugar spice 2 eggs Yz teaspoon soda I cup chopped raisins Flour I tablespoon molasses Cream fat, add sugar gradually. Add eggs, molasses and raisins. Sift soda and spices with one cup of flour, and mix all thoroughly. Add enough flour to make quite a stiff dough, and roll. Bake in a moderate oven (380° F.). 130 NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES OATMEAL COOKIES Yi cup sugar i teaspoon cloves Yi cup molasses i teaspoon soda Y\ cup fat 2 cups flour 2 eggs I cup chopped raisins 34 cup sweet milk 2 cups oatmeal 2 teaspoons cinnamon Mix ingredients in the order given. Melt the fat before adding it, and sift the soda and spices with the flour. Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased pans and bake in a moderate oven (380° F.). BOHEMIAN CHRISTMAS COOKIES Yolks of 2 hard-cooked eggs i tablespoon milk y2, cup butter or shortening Flour to stiffen for rolling Yz cup sugar 3 tablespoons finely chopped Yolk of I egg blanched almonds