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WHITE COOKIES

From The National home cook book, 1900

Simple to make but excellent.

Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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

o 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, either sweet or - sour; one teaspoon soda, a little salt, nutmeg. Mix as little fiour as-possible. Bake in a quick oven. “ eee Ty ae CRACKERS iinet OS is mp butter, one cup granulated sugar, yolks three o teaspoons yanilla, two teaspoons baking powder, teaspoons sweet cream. Flour enough to roll dough well. Beat white of egg and brush over dough. Sift pow- tered sugar over afterward. Cut out, bake in fairly hot oven. ‘WHITE COOKIES—I am giving a recipe for white cookies which are simple to make but excellent: Two cups lilla or lemon, two teaspoons baking powder
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