Traditional Recipes and Ideas for Meals

1 cup granulated sugar,
1 cup coffee A sugar,
 ½   cup butter,
2 level teaspoonfuls cinnamon,
½ level teaspoonful cloves,
½ small nutmeg;
Cream together carefully and add 2 well beaten eggs.
Sift the flour,
and begin with 1 pint, and
2 slightly heaped teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Add more flour as you beat.
When thick enough to handle,
take a small piece in the hand,
make into a ball, and roll;
then place in buttered pans.
Bake light brown in a moderate oven.

COOKIES: alternative ingredients

2 pints flour,
2 teaspoons baking powder,
nutmeg to taste.
1 cup butter,
1 pint sugar,
3 eggs,
3 tablespoons water,

NO-EGG COOKIES.

1 cup butter,
2 cups sugar,
1 cup sweet milk,
1 teaspoon soda,
1 teaspoon vanilla,
1 pinch salt,
just enough flour to roll out.

MOLASSES COOKIES.

1 cup molasses,
1 dessert spoon of ginger,
Whites and yolks of 2 eggs - beaten separately,
1 dessert spoon soda,
1 cup brown sugar,
1 cup melted lard and butter,
4 tablespoons boiling water,
flour to stiffen.
Do not roll too thin.

SWEET MILK COOKIES.

1 cup butter,
1½ cups granulated sugar,
3 eggs,
¼ cup sweet milk,
½ teaspoon soda dissolved in milk,
flour enough to roll out thin;
sift granulated sugar on top, and gently roll it in.

SOUR MILK COOKIES

¾ cup sour milk,
3 eggs,
2 cups sugar,
1 cup butter and lard,
1 teaspoon soda,
2 teaspoons cream tartar.
Flavor with vanilla.
flour enough to roll.
Stir with a spoon.