Cookies
From The new home cook book, 1896
Serves 3
Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The new home cook book (1896), page 142. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
COOKIES. Mrs. E. A. Forsyth. One cup melted butter, one and a half cups sugar, onei VALUABLE RECIPES. 361 cup of tepid water, two teaspoons Dr. Price's baking powder mixed well with sifted flour; roll out very thin, and cut with a round cake cutter, baking in a quick oven. WATEK COOKIES. Mrs. F. D. Gray. One cup of sugar, one-half of butter, one-half of water, caraway seed, wet hard and roll very thin, indeed ; sprinkle with sugar after putting them in the tins. LEMON COOKIES. Ella J. Roe. One pint sugar, one cup butter, one teaspoon soda, juice and grated rind of one lemon. Roll soft and thin, and bake quickly. VANILLA COOKIES. Mrs. C. S. Bartlett. One cup of butter and two cups of sugar, beaten well ; one cup of cold water, one teaspoon of soda, two tea- spoons of vanilla, flour to make a very stiff dough. Roll very thin and bake brown. BOILED COOKIES. Mrs. F. Boil one cup of milk, two of sugar, three of flour; cool it off; then add one teaspoon of soda, the yolks of three ^ggs; cut in rounds and bake in a quick oven. EVEELASTING COOKIES. Mrs. John Edwards, Rockford. Two cups sugar, one of butter, three-fourths of sweet 362 THE HOME COOK BOOK. milk, two teaspoons baking powder ; season to taste ; rub butter and sugar together; then add two eggs, milk and flour to make a soft dough; roll thin, sprinkle a little* sugar over the top, and bake in quick oven. COOKIES. Mrs. Russell. One cup butter, two of sugar, one of sour cream, one teaspoon soda, two of cream tartar, three eggs, three tablespoons caraway seed, a little nutmeg, flour enough to form a soft dough
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