B—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 29, 1957
For the
Farm Wife and Family
It’s Christmas Cookie Baking Time!
Try Some of These Goodies This Year
Well, here it is that inevit
able day when we must think
about our Christmas baking. To
day we are going to devote our
entire column to holiday goodies.
We hope you’ll find some that
you and your family will like.
The first recipe we have for
you is for Butterscotch Cookies.
It is sent in by a reader who does
not want her name used, ghe says
that it is a No. 1 favorite with
her family and that her Grand
mother and Mother both used
this recipe.
BUTTERSCOTCH COOKIES
4 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
1 cup lard
1 cup nut meats or raisins
nuts give a better taste
1 tablespoon soda
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon vanilla
7 cups flour
Sift flour, baking powder and
soda together, then add to mix
ture. Make in rolls the night be
fore and set in a cool place over
night. Slice with a knife in the
morning. Leave space to spread.
They get hard but will soften if
kept in a cool, damp place. They
are all eaten at our place before
they get a chance to soften!
Mrs. Quay M Kochel, Lancaster
sends us the following recipes for
cookies and also a candy recipe.
The first is for the ever-favonte
PEPPERNUTS
Mrs. Quay M. Kochel,
1076 Gypsy Hill Road, Lancaster
1 pound butter
1 pound granulated sugar
4 eggs
1 cup sour milk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Flavor to taste
Flour to make roll nicely
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JUMBLES
Mrs. Quay M. Kochel,
1076 Gypsy Hill Road, Lancaster
1 pound granulated sugar
1/2 pound butter
4 eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 pound flour
Mix sugar, butter and eggs.
Then mix in dry ingredients. Roll
and cut with doughnut cutter or
crueller cutter.
SAND TARTS
Mrs. Quay M. Kochel,
1076 Gypsy Hill Road, Lancaster
2 pounds granulated sugar
1 pound butter
4 eggs, beaten
2 pounds flour
Let stand over night Put cinna
mon and nuts on top.
GINGER DROP COOKIES
Mrs. Quay M. Kochcl,
1076 Gypsy Hill Road, Lancaster
v a pound lard
?4 pound brown sugar
8 eggs
1 quart baking molasses
1 pint thick milk
1 tablespoon cream of tartar
2 tablespoons baking soda
1 tablespoon mace
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon cloves
1 tablespoon ginger
3 pounds flour
Mix and let stand in a cold
place. Drop on cookie sheets. Put
egg glaze on each cookie before
baking.
Mrs. Quay M. Kochel,
1076 Gypsy Hill Road, Lancaster
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Vz cup butter and lard
1 cup granulated sugar
2 egg yolks
Vz pound dates
1 cup English walnuts
Vz cup hot water
1 teaspoon baking soda scant
2 cups flour
Fold in whites of eggs, beaten
stiff.
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CHOCOLATE ICING
Mrs. Quay M. Eochel,
1076 Gypsy Hill Road, Lancaster
1 cup granulated sugar
Vz cup cocoa
IVs cups milk
Butter size of an egg
Boil till thick and add one tea
spoon vanilla.
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COLD FUDGE
Mrs. Quay M. Kochel,
1076 Gypsy Hill Road, Lancaster
1 egg
1 pound 4X or 10X sugar
3 tablespoons cream
Butter size of an egg
4 ounces Baker’s chocolate,
melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
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Here are two more recipes sent
in by a reader who does not want
her name used. The first is for
PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
1 cup butter or lard
1 cup brown sugar
' 1 cup peanut butter
Cream butter with sugar and pea
nut butter.
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1 level teaspoon salt -
2 eggs, beaten
2% cups flour
2 scant teaspoons soda, sifted
with flour -
1 teaspoon vanilla
Take out a piece of dough and
press down with fork or cookie
sheet.
Yolks of two eggs
10 ounces butter or lard
1 pound sugar (mostly granu
lated)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 pound flour
Put stiffly beaten egg whites
on top; sprinkle with 4X sugar
and cinnamon and top with nuts.
Have butter and lard thin enough
to run and roll out before dough
gets too cold. Bake at about 350*.
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SAND TARTS