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Special Recipes
POST TOASTIES LACE COOKIES
| 1 cup white sugar | 1 cup flour |
| 5 tablespoons butter | 2½ teaspoons baking powder |
| 2 eggs | ½ cup cocoanut |
| 1 teaspoon vanilla | 3½ cups Post Toasties |
Cream butter and sugar, add beaten yolks of eggs and vanilla. Add the stiffly beaten whites of eggs, then gradually the flour which has been sifted with the baking powder. Finally, add the cocoanut and the Post Toasties which have been rolled fine. Drop from spoon onto a greased pan and bake in a medium oven (425° F.)
| ½ cup molasses | 1½ cups flour |
| 6 tablespoons butter or other fat | ¼ teaspoon soda |
| ½ cup brown sugar | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 1½ cups Post’s Bran Flakes | ½ tablespoon ginger |
Boil the molasses, butter, and brown sugar together for 2 minutes. Cool until lukewarm. Add Post’s Bran Flakes. Stir well. Add flour, soda, salt, and ginger which have been sifted together several times. Mix thoroughly. Chill. Roll to one-fourth inch thickness and cut out snaps with a rather small cutter.
This recipe makes about forty-five cookies.
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