LEMON COOKIES

Ingredients

• One cup lard
• three eggs
• two cups sugar
• one tinful sweet milk
• five cents’ worth baking ammonia
• five cents’ worth lemon oil

Method

1. 1

   Put baking ammonia in a cup, pour enough lukewarm water over it to dissolve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The National home cook book (1900), page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LEMON COOKIES—One cup lard, three eggs, two cups gar, one tinful sweet milk, five cents’ worth baking am- nia, five cents’ worth lemon oil. Put baking ammonia in p, pour enough lukewarm water over it to all dissolve. ve used this recipe for years and it is fine. MOLASSES COOKIES—Two eggs, one cup sugar, two fupS molasses (N. O.), one heaping cup lard, two-thirds cup sour milk, two teaspoons soda (one in milk, one in the mo- lasses), mix soft, roll and bake in rather quick oven, then cut in squares. f NUT COOKIES—One pound light brown sugar, one cup. lard, two well-beaten eggs, one cup sour milk, one heaping teaspoon soda, one cup chopped hickory nuts, flour enough to roll out, salt. Bake in a quick- oven. - One cup of sugar, one cup of butter, two eggs beaten to- gether (yolk and white), one pint of flour, three-fourths teaspoon of cinnamon, two teaspoons of baking powder, one teaspoon of vanilla. Make into fingers, brush with white of egg slightly beaten, sprinkle with chopped nuts and bake. # Y Lee * OATMEAL COOKIES—Two cups oatmeal, one ¢up milk, one cup sugar, one cup lard, three cups flour, three tea- spoons baking powder, salt and any flavoring; roll thin; for the filling one pound dates, seeded; one cup sugar in enough water to cook dates until tender, whjch takes only a few minutes. Take a cooky, spread on the date mixture, put an-= other cooky on top and bake. These are fine. . PLAIN LEPP COOKIES—One pound of brown sugar, one pint of molasses, one-half cup of lard, one-half cup butter, — one glassful of half water and half whiskey,.two eggs, a little salt, four even teaspoons soda stirred in molasses, one . teaspoon of all kinds of spices, one cup of hickory nuts, one ~ tablespoon of anise seed, flour for stiff batter, Let dough stand over night. These cookies are fine when a month old, PEANUT COOKIES—Two tablespoons butter, one-fourth cup sugar, one egg, one teaspoon baking powder, one-fourth ~ | teaspoon salt, one-half cup flour, two tablespoons milk, one- ~ - half teaspoon lemon juice, one-half cup peanuts chopped ~ fine. Drop by the teaspoonful on an ungreased tin and bake ~ in a moderate oven from 12 to 15 minutes. a - PFEFFERNUSSE OR SPICED NUTS—One pound of flour, ~ ene pound of fine sugar, four large eggs, three ounces of o citron, rind of one lemon, one teaspoon of cinnamon, cloves ~ and allspice, one teaspoon of baking powder, one cup of nuts © - (mot chopped too fine). These cookies are better when old. ~ RAISIN COOKIES—One cup melted lard, two cups sugar

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