Plain Cookies

Ingredients

• one-half cup of butter
• one cup of sugar
• one egg
• one-half cup of milk or water
• one pint of flour
• two teaspoons of baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter until creamy, add sugar, then egg.

2. 2

   Alternate adding milk and flour with baking powder until a soft dough forms.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home science cook book (1902) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 90. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

plain cookies may be merged into a richer one by increasing the quanti- ties of butter, sugar, and egg, or by decreasing the flour and liquid. The foundation of most of the old- time recipes for cookies closely resemble pound-cake. Baking powder is not made to do the work of eggs, nor is any other fat allowed in place nf sweet, solid butter; 208 Home Science Cook Book. these were the only secrets of their good flavor and keeping qualities. Some butter contains so much sour milk or cream that in cookies that are to be kept for a long time it is desirable to add a bit of soda to counteract this acidity. Entire wheat flour, or half oatmeal, half white flour, may be used in place of all white flour in cookies for children. Plain Cookies. Rub one-half cup of butter until creamy, gradually add one cup of sugar, then put in one egg and beat together thoroughly. Next add, alternately, one-half cup of milk or water and one pint of flour in which two teaspoons of baking powder

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