CREAM COOKIES
One cup thick cream, 1/2 cup butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 teaspoonful Wyandotte soda, 2 eggs, nutmeg, add flour enough so that they will be soft when rolled. Bake quickly.
OLD FASHIONED COOKIES
Two eggs, 2 cups granulated sugar, 1 cup butter, or half lard and butter, 1 cup sour milk, 1 teaspoon Wyandotte soda, 1 whole nutmeg, salt. Mix soft.
COOKIES
Two-thirds cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons milk, 2 teaspoons baking powder, nutmeg. Mix soft.
CRISP SUGAR COOKIES
Four eggs, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 teaspoon Wyandotte soda. Mix soft, bake quickly.
HERMITS
Two cups of sugar, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of chopped raisins, 6 cups of sifted flour, 2 eggs, 1 small teaspoon Wyandotte soda dissolved in 4 tablespoons of sour milk. Flavor with lemon, cinnamon and nutmeg. Roll out and cut as cookies, thick or thin as you like them, and bake in a moderate oven.
HERMITS
Two cups sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sweet milk, 3 cups sifted flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 4 beaten eggs (whites), small cup of currants rolled in flour.
HERMITS
One-third cup butter, 2/3 cup sugar, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons milk, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/3 cup raisins stoned and cut in small pieces, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon cloves, 1/4 teaspoon mace, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg. Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, then raisins, egg well beaten and milk. Mix and sift dry ingredients and add to first mixture. Roll mixture quite thick. Cut into cookies. Bake in moderate oven on buttered sheets.
HERMITS
Two cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 cup sour cream, 1 cup raisins, 1/2 cup hickorynut meats chopped, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon Wyandotte soda.
OATMEAL DROPS
One cup brown sugar, 1 cup of butter, melted, 2 eggs, 4 tablespoons sour milk, 1 teaspoon Wyandotte soda, 4 teaspoons cinnamon, 2 cups flour, 2 cups rolled oats. Drop from spoons on buttered pans and bake in moderate oven. Excellent for luncheon.
Date Hermits
Two cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups dates
1/2 cup nut meats, chopped
1 teaspoonful cinnamon
1 teaspoonful soda
1/2 teaspoonful cloves
3/4 teaspoonful salt
Mix well, then add 2 well beaten eggs with 4 tablespoonfuls water, 1/2 cup Mazola. Drop from spoon.