Our favorite recipes (Wilshire Ward LDS, 1957)

Method: Mix shortening, brown sugar and eggs together thoroughly. Stir in sour milk or buttermilk. Sift flour, soda and salt together and stir into mixture. Add broken pecans, cherries (cut in half) and chopped dates. Chill at least 1 hour. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2" apart on greased baking sheet. Place a pecan half on each cookie. Bake about 8 to 10 minutes (until almost no rint remains when touched lightly with finger) at 400°. OATMEAL COOKIES 1 C, Sugar 3/4 C. Sweet Milk 1 1/3 C. Shortening3/4 tsp. Baking Soda 2 C. Flour 1 tsp. Salt 2 C,. Oatmeal 1 tsp. Cinnamon 2 Eggs 1 tsp. Vanilla Method: Cream shortening and sugar. Add milk with soda, then add eggs, well beaten. Mix flour, salt, cinnamon; add 1/1/4 C. Chopped Nuts, 1/4 C. cherries (cut), 1 C. Raisins, 1 C. Dates (cut). Then add Oatmeal. Mix by hand and bake at 350°, Scott Humphreys = OATMEAL COOKIES 1/4 C. Shortening 1 Egg, unbeaten 1/1/1/4 tsp. Salt 1 C. sifted all-purpose flour 1 tsp. Cinnamon 3/4 tsp. Soda 1 tsp. Vanilla 1 C. Rolled Oats 1 Tb. Molasses 1/4 C. Chopped Raisins 1 C. Sugar % C. Chopped Nuts Method: Combine first 7 ingredients and beat thoroughly. Sift flour with soda. Add to first mixture and mix well. Add remaining ingredients and mix, Drop level tablespoons of dough on greased baking sheets. Bake in moderate oven (350°) 12 to 15 minutes, - Marian E, White - OATMEAL DROP COOKIES 1 C. Melted Shortening 1 tsp. Salt or Oil 1 1/3 C. raw or Brown Sugar 2 Eggs, beaten 1/8 tsp. Nutmeg 3 Tb. Canned Milk 1 tsp. Cinnamon 1 tsp. Vanilla 2 C. Oatmeal 2 C. sifted whole wheat 1 C, Raisins Flour 1/4 C. Chopped Nuts 1 tsp. Soda Method: Combine sugar and shortening and add beaten eggs. Combine milk and flavoring. Sift dry ingredients together twice and add alternately with liquids. Add oatmeal, nuts and raisins. Drop from teaspoon on greased cookie sheet and bake 12-15 mins. at 375° to 3990, - Fred Nelson - OATMEAL ICEBOX COOKIES 131/1/4 C. Shortening1 tsp. Soda 2 C. Brown Sugar 1 tsp. Cream of Tartar 2 Eggs 1 C. Nuts 4 C, Flour 2 C. Rolled Oats Method: Mix Shortening, sugar together. Add eggs and mix. Sift flour, soda and cream of tartar and add to first mixture, Add rolled oats and 1 C. nuts and mix, This makes stiff dough. Form in loaves 1 1/2 to 2" in diameter. Wrap in waxed paper and chill. Slice thin and bake 15 minutes at 350°, - Ray Bishop — ORANGE OATMEAL COOKIES 1/2 C. Butter Juice of 1 Orange 1 C. Brown Sugar 1/1/4 tsp. Salt Grated Rind of 1 Orange 1 C. Sifted Flour 1 egg, unbeaten (all-purpose ) 14 C. Rolled Oats 1 tsp. Vanilla 1 Pkg. Chocolate Chips Nuts, if desired Method: Cream butter and sugar. Add orange rind, egg, orange juice and vanilla, and beat well. Add salt and flour which have been sifted together and mixed with oats. Add chocolate chips amd nuts and work into batter. Drop by spoonsful on greased cookie sheet and bake in 350° oven for about 10 minutes (until slightly brown and firm). - Elaine Greenwell - ORANGE COOKIES 4 Eggs, beaten lightly 1 C, Walnuts 2 C. Brown Sugar, packed 4 tsp. Salt tight 1 Lb. Candy Orange 2 C. Flour Method: Cut up 1 Lb. candy orange slices, sprinkle with flour and fork into balance of mixture. Pour into greased pan and bake 50 minutes at 350°, Let cool 5 minutes, then take knife and dip in cold water after each cutting. Roll each cookie in powdered sugar. - Hilda Burt ~ PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES 4 C, Butter or 1 1/8 C. Sifted all- Shortening purpose Flour C. White Sugar Few grains Salt C. Brown Sugar ; tsp. Vanilla 1 Egg C. Peanuts, chopped + C. Peanut Butter 3/h C. coarsely crushed