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Soft Cookies

From The housekeeper's companion, 1883
Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 141. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Soft Cookies. — Take one cupful of butter and two of sugar; rub them to a cream; mix with them three well beaten eggs, one teacupful of milk or cream, six cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of saleratus, and a little nutmeg

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