OATMEAL COOKIES

Ingredients

• Two cups oatmeal
• one cup milk
• one cup sugar
• one cup lard
• three cups flour
• three teaspoons baking powder
• salt
• one pound dates, seeded
• one cup sugar
• in enough water to cook dates until tender

Method

1. 1

   Take a cooky, spread on the date mixture, put another cooky on top and bake.

Nutrition per serving

As published

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

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, a pinch of salt, one teaspoon soda in one-half cup of hot ~ water and fill the rest with sweet milk; one cup of raisins, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of cloves, one — teaspoonful of baking powder and a little nutmeg, two eggs — beaten light. : . 8 RING COOKIES—Roll out a sheet of white dough, one of pink and one of yellow cookie dough, place one upon the © other and roll like jelly cake; cut off slices from the end ~ “8 poe roll and bake. Another way is to cut in strips and ake. a SPRINGERLIS—One pound of pulverized sugar, four eggs (stir one hour steady), a pinch of soda, butter the size ~ of hickory nut, flour to roll stiff. Roll out in forms da Be before baking, These are made in wooden forms or designs. ao SUGAR COOKIES—One cup lard, two cups sugar, one or ' two eggs (are good without), one cup milk

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