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CAKES, COOKIES AND CONFECTIONS


walnuts. Add vanilla. Bake in a little more than a moderate oven until shape is set, then reduce heat to a slow oven.

Sour Cream Cookies

1 c. sour cream 1 tsp. soda
1 c. sugar ¼ tsp. salt
1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla
2 ½ c. flour

Drop from tip of tsp. into small mounds on greased baking sheets and press a nut or raisin on top of each cookie. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake in a quick oven ten to fifteen minutes.

P.-T.A's

3 tbsp. fat 1 egg well beaten
½ c. sugar 1 ½ c. flour
¼ tsp. salt 2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla 2 tbsp. milk

Cream fat and sugar. Add egg, milk and flour sifted with baking powder. Add flavoring. If this amount of flour is not sufficent to make a very stiff batter, add more. Drop from tip of teaspoon on greased pan and bake in a quick oven.

A piece of nut or raisin may be put on top of each before baking.

Rolled Oat Cookies

2 eggs ½ tsp. salt
½ c. raisins ¾ c. fat
¾ tsp. soda 2 tbsp. Karo
1 ½ c. flour ⅔ c. nuts
1 c. light brown sugar 2 c. rolled oats put thru coarse food copper
1 tsp. cinnamon

Mix. Drop from spoon the size of a walnut and bake 15 minutes.