Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• one cupful of butter
• one cupful of cream
• two cupfuls of sugar
• three eggs
• one teaspoonful of soda
• flour enough to make a very soft dough

Method

1. 1

   Beat the eggs for one minute, add the sugar and beat again, then put in the soft and melted butter, the cream, and the soda dissolved in a very little water.

2. 2

   Add flour to make a very soft dough, roll out, cut with a cake cutter, and bake in a brisk oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The century cook book (1894) by Jennie A. Hansey, page 78. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sugar Cookies, One cupful of butter, one cupful of cream ; two cupfuls of sugar, three eggs, and one teaspoon- ful of soda. Beat the eggs for one minute, add the sugar and beat again, then put in the butter (soft and melted), the cream and the soda dissolved in a very little water, and flour enough to make a very soft dough; roll out, cut with a cake cutter, and bake in a brisk oven. Sugar Cookies No. 2. Rub to a cream two cupfuls of sugar and one of butter, add a cupful of sweet milk, and two teaspoonfuls of soda and flour enough to roll without stick- ing. Cut in round or square cakes, and bake in a quick oven. Jumbles. Beat together three eggs, and one and one- 134 Drop Cakes, Cookies and Fried Cakes quarter cupfuls of sugar, add a cupful of soft butter, three tablespoonfuls of sour milk, one-quarter teaspoonful of soda, and flour enough to mix stiff; when rolled out, sift sugar over the top, cut in rings and bake in a quick oven. Almond Cookies. One-half pound butter, one-half pound of sugar, one and one-quarter pound of flour, five beaten eggs, one heaping tea- spoonful of baking powder, flavor with al- mond extract; mix to a smooth dough; roll to a quarter of an inch in thickness, brush with the beaten white of an t'g'g and sprinkle thickly with chopped almonds; bake in a quick oven. The Almond. Cocoaiiut Cookies. Stir together two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of butter, two eggs, one tea- spoonful of soda dissolved in a little milk, and the meat of one medium sized cocoanut grated fine, add flour enough to roll, and bake in a quick oven. Lemon Cakes. One pound of sugar, one-half pound of butter, one pound and three ounces of flour, three eggs; the grating of two lemons; mix the butter, sugar, lemon grating and eggs together, mix in the' flour, and set on ice or in a cool place for two or three hours, then roll out, cut in small round cakes, brush with beaten tg^, and bake in a quick oven. Card Cakes. Take one cupful each of sugar, butter, molasses, and sour milk; add two teaspoonfuls of soda, two of ginger, two of cinnamon, and a pinch of salt; mix in enough flour to roll out, cut in cakes four inches wide and five inches long; when in the pan mark with a knife across the top, about half an inch apart. Bake in a quick oven. Ginger Cookies. One cupful of molasses, one of sugar, one of sour milk, one of butter or fried meat fat, one tea- Drop Cakes ^ Cookies and Fried Cakes 135 spoonful of soda, one tablespoonful of ginger; stir well together and add enough flour to make a soft dough ; cut in round or square cakes, and bake in a quick oven. Ginger Cookies No. 2. One cupful of molasses, one of sugar, one of butter or pork drippings, one-half cupful of boiling water, a small tablespoonful of soda, dissolved in the hot water, and a tablespoonful of ginger; add enough flour to roll out without sticking and bake in a quick oven. Ginger Snaps. One coffee cupful of New Orleans molasses, one of butter, and one of sugar. Put in a sauce pan, set on the stove and let come to a boil; then take off and add a teaspoonful of soda and a tablespoonful of ginger; mix in enough flour to roll out easily, roll out very thin, and bake in a quick oven. Little Currant Cakes. Stir to a cream three cupfuls of sugar, and three-fourths of a cupful of butter, add one cupful of buttermilk, four beaten eggs, five cupfuls of flour, one tea- spoonful of soda, and a heaping cupful of currants; mix well and bake in buttered patty pans. Hermits. One cupful of butter, one and one-half cupfuls of nice brown sugar, three eggs, one cupful of stoned and chopped raisins, one teaspoonful of soda

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