Vanilla Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla flavor
• 6 tablespoons solid vegetable fat
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• About 2 2/3 cups flour

Method

1. 1

   Cream fat, salt, vanilla, and milk in a bowl.

2. 2

   Gradually add sugar, stirring until well creamed.

3. 3

   Mix in beaten egg and fold in flour to form a soft dough.

4. 4

   Roll out to 1/2-inch thickness, cut with a biscuit cutter, and bake in a medium slow oven until very light brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Science of food & cookery (1921) by H. S. Anderson, page 121. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

l/8 teaspoon salt 3 eggs Scant \y-2. cups flour Put the solid fat into a bowl. Add the salt and the lemon juice, and cream with a spoon until smooth and white. Add the sugar gradually, and continue stirring until very light and creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until light. Fold in the flour, pour into an oiled pan, and bake in a slow oven, about 40 minutes, the same as loaf cake. FRUIT CAKE — Mr. Hook's I cup sugar 34 cup solid vegetable fat 4 eggs l/3 cup molasses I teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour 3 cups raisins y2 cup diced lemon peel ^2 cup diced orange peel \l/2 cups diced citron l/2 cup chopped walnuts Put the fat, the sugar, and the vanilla into a bowl, and work until white and creamy. Add a few grains of salt to the eggs, beat with a Dover beater until very light, and work into the creamed mixture. Add the molasses, and beat a few hard strokes. Then add the fruit and the nuts, and mix thoroughly. Lastly fold in the flour, and bake in a slow oven from I hour to il/z hours, depending on the thickness of the cake. When orange and lemon rind are unobtainable, use raisins or currants instead. VANILLA COOKIES — Mr. Holmden's l/2 cup sugar I teaspoon vanilla flavor 6 tablespoons solid vegetable fat I tablespoon milk l/% teaspoon salt i egg About 2I/3 cups flour

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