Nut Cookies
From The farm cook & rule book, 1923
Serves 24
Presented as published in 1923. 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 farm cook & rule book (1923) by Nell Beaubien Nichols, page 97. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
[> cupful of chopped and floured nut meats and 1 teaspoon- ful of vanilla. 201 202 THE FAEM COOK AND EULE BOOK Butter Frosting Ys cupful butter 1^ cupfuls powdered sugar Beat the butter and sugar together, adding strong coffee or vanilla drop by drop until the frosting will spread on the cake. Tea Cake 1 cupful sugar 2 cupfuls flour % cupful butter 3% teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 egg 1 teaspoonful vanilla 1 cupful sweet milk 1 small pinch soda Cream the butter and sugar together with a spoon and beat until light and creamy. Add the beaten egg yolk. Sift the flour, baking powder and a small pinch of soda together and add them alternately with the milk. Stir in the vanilla and fold in the stiffly beaten egg white. Place in an oiled dripping pan, spread melted butter over the top and sprinkle with sugar and cinna- mon. Bake in a hot oven 10 minutes, then reduce the heat and finish baking. This should be about 1% inches thick when baked. Drop Cookies 6 tablespoonfuls shortening 1^4 cupfuls flour % cupful sugar 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 egg % teaspoonful salt 3 tablespoonfuls milk 1 teaspoonful vanilla Cream the shortening, add the sugar, beaten egg, milk, salt, vanilla and the flour and baking powder sifted together. Beat the batter thoroughly, then drop by spoonfuls 3 inches apart in oiled pans and bake 10 minutes in a hot oven. Nut Cookies
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