Fruit Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon soda, dissolved in hot water
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 1 cup walnuts
• 1 cup dates or figs
• 1 teaspoon cloves
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Method

1. 1

   Drop by small teaspoonfuls into buttered tins.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Delta Gamma cook book (1922), page 67. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fruit Cookies 1 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon soda, dissolved in % cup butter 1 tablespoon hot water 2 cups flour 1 cup walnuts 2 eggs 1 cup dates or figs 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon cinnamon Drop by small teaspoonfuls into buttered tins. Ruth Thomburgh (Gamma). Fruited Cookies 1 cup butter \ , , . } cream ly2 cups sugar J 3 eggs, beaten light 13^ tablespoons hot water with 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon }/2 teaspoon salt 3^ cup nutmeats, chopped }/2 cup raisins, chopped }/2 cup currants, chopped Syz cups flour Roll thin and bake in quick oven. Marguerite Way (Lambda Nu). COOKIES 165 Fruit and Nut Cookies 1^ cups brown sugar 1 cup nuts 1 cup butter 2]/^ cups flour 3 eggs 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3/^ cup cold coffee 1 nutmeg \}/2 cups raisins 3^ teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon soda in coffee Mix as for a cake and drop from a spoon into pans. Bake in a quick oven. Raisins, currants, walnuts, dates or figs may be added. Florence Klinkenberg (Xi). Ginger Cookies 1 pint molasses Let come to a boil, then add, 1 cup lard 1 teaspoon soda little salt 1 tablespoon ginger After it cools, thicken with flour. Roll* thin and bake. Julia B. Gould (Lambda Nu). Ginger Snaps 1 cup molasses 2 teaspoons ginger 3^ cup sugar 1 teaspoon soda ^ cup softened butter (part lard may be used) flour enough to make a thin dough Heat molasses and pour over sugar. Then add other ingredients and bake quickly. Dorothy Mill (Phi). Ginger Snaps }/2 cup granulated sugar 1 level teaspoon soda ]/2 cup molasses 3 teaspoons ginger ]/^ cup melted lard 3 cups flour 3 tablespoons hot water Put soda in with flour. Roll and cut with knife in oblongs and bake in hot oven. Minnie Stinchfield Brown (Lambda Nu). 166 DELTA GAMMA COOK BOOK Ice Box Cookies 1 cup white sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup lard 1 teaspoon cloves 1 cup butter

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