1913. 
THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
263 
Other Cookies. 
Each housewife adapts to her own 
use a special sugar and molasses cookie, 
and the recipes herein given are no bet¬ 
ter than the many good ones which have 
appeared in this department, but they 
are different, and may please some of 
the younger housewives who are yet 
experimenting with the hope of finding 
just what they want—in case they want 
the medium crisp cookie of good keep¬ 
ing quality. 
Cookies, little or big, thick or thin, 
may be likened to the “little girl, with 
the little curl in the middle of her fore¬ 
head,’’ for “when they are good, they 
are very very good, and when they are 
bad they are horrid.” When in a state 
of doubt, one would prefer to select a 
small cookie, for what to do with a big 
bad cookie would be a question, after 
having taken a sample from its circum¬ 
ference. For special occasions large 
cookies are the choice, filled with finely 
chopped raisins, or nuts, but for daily 
use, the cookie medium in size and 
thickness is more in good taste. Soft 
thick cookies when fresh are delicious, 
but alas, they soon deteriorate by dry¬ 
ing out hard. The cookie that is crisp 
when new, softens slowly and has the 
keeping qualities of all good well-baked 
cake. The medium thin crisp cookie 
contains one-half as much shortening as 
sugar, and only one-half as much liquid, 
milk or water, as shortening, with at 
least one egg to each cup of sugar. Egg 
cookies—two or three eggs to one cup 
of sugar have no liquid to mention. It 
is the large amount of milk that makes 
the bad cookies—the cookie that gets 
hard and stale in taste. Cookies need 
a quick oven, and should first be placed 
on the bottom of the oven until nearly 
done, then browned nicely on the grate 
above. The cookie that is white on the 
bottom, the same as other cakes, pies, 
etc., is only three-fourths baked. 
Molasses Cookies.—Cream one-half 
cup of granulated sugar with one-half 
cup of butter, or one-half scant cup of 
sweet lard, add two level teaspoonfuls 
of salt, one level of ginger and two 
level of cinnamon, one-half cup of New 
Orleans molasses, beating well as each 
addition is made, then to one side lay 
two level teaspoonfuls of soda, cover 
with four tablespoonfuls of cold or 
warm but never hot water, and gradu¬ 
ally add flour while beating to a dough; 
turn on floured board and add flour 
to roll one-fourth inch thick, try a 
tester, cut with a medium cutter and 
bake just right. This amount will 
make from 20 to 24 cookies, and if they 
please, double the material used. This 
recipe is a modification of an old family 
ginger bread; the change is in the 
amount of water which is twice as 
much (one-half cup) as used in the 
cookies, and the flour is sufficient to 
form a drop batter—about 2 y> cups, 
baked in a square-covered tin and cut 
into bars, but never in thin slices or 
wedge-shape pieces. Always scatter 
sugar over the top of gingerbread be¬ 
fore baking. 
Plain Cookies.—Cream together one 
cup of granulated sugar, butter size of 
medium egg, one teaspoonful level of 
salt, six gratings of nutmeg, add one 
egg and beat well, lay on one level 
teaspoonful of soda, cover with four 
tablespoonfuls of cold water or sweet 
milk and add flour to roll. 
A Better Cookie.—Cream one cup of 
sugar, one-half cup of butter, one level 
teaspoonful of salt, two eggs and beat 
well, add one teaspoonful of vanilla 
and one level teaspoonful of soda dis¬ 
solved in one tablespoon ful of water 
and flour to roll. 
There is no danger that these cookie 
recipes will yield a cookie that will 
rise up like a biscuit, and if they rise 
up and then flatten out, add flpur and 
test again until they rise gradually and 
bake level. After testing the dough 
and cutting, if sugar is desired on the 
top, place some in a saucer and as each 
cake is removed from the board, drop 
face downward in the sugar. In this 
way, sugar goes where you want it, and 
is kept out of the dough, off from the 
moulding-board and out of the baking 
tins. Half a cup of finely chopped 
raisins are an improvement to both 
sugar and molasses cookies. Grand¬ 
mother always placed a raisin in the 
center of her sugar cookies. 
MEDORA CORBETT. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns alzvays give 
number of pattern and measurements 
desired. 
The first group shows 7700 fancy 
blouse, 34 to 40 bust. 7677 fancy waist, 
34 to 40 bust. 7635 fancy blouse, 34 to 
40 bust. 7477 four-piece envelope skirt, 
22 to .30 waist. 7407 girl’s dress, 10 to 
14 years. 7703 semi-princess gown, 34 
to 44 bust. 
The second group includes 7608 house 
jacket with fitted back, 34 to 44 bust. 
7140 breakfast jacket, small 34 or 36, 
medium 38 or 40, large 42 or 44 bust. 
665 Embroidery pattern. 7682 empire 
house gown, 34 to 42 bust. 7699 work 
apron, small 34 or 36, medium 38 or 40, 
large 42 or 44 bust. 7287 work apron, 
34 to 44 bust. With high, round or 
square neck, with or without sleeves. 
Price of each pattern, 10 cents. 
Kindlings Tray. 
In the kitchen are two generous 
wood-boxes, one for hard wood and one 
for kindlings, which are always kept 
well supplied, by the head of the house. 
The sitting room stove also has its 
well-supplied box for hard wood, but it 
is a long walk, through two rooms, 
from the kindlings. The housekeeper 
got tired of making several trips to lay 
up that fire, so she found a box at the 
druggist’s which had contained the 
year’s allotment of calendars. It was 
15x16 inches and three inches deep. She 
found in the unfinished chamber, a 
cylindrical stick, iy inches in diameter, 
and sawed this 16 inches long. Next, 
a smooth, flat piece furnished two sticks, 
12 x /i inches long and \Vi inches wide. 
These nailed firmly at one end to the 
ends of the cylindrical stick, and their 
other ends nailed to the sides of the 
box, form a handle for a kindlings tray 
which conveniently holds shavings, pine 
wood, and small hard wood sticks. Now 
just one trip to the sitting room, or 
upstairs, is all that is required to lay 
up a fire. “He” says it’s very handy. 
E. F. M. 
A Cheap Never-fail Cake. 
Reading in The N. R.-Y. not long 
ago, a recipe for a cake warranted not 
to fail, has encouraged me to send in 
my own never-fail recipe. The one 
given called for so many eggs that I 
am afraid not many housewives could 
give it the chance to “make good” very 
often. This recipe, on the contrary, is 
cheap enough for daily use. Take three- 
quarters cup of sugar, one rounded 
tablespoonful of lard, one-quarter of a 
nutmeg, grated, and a little salt. Cream 
together. Add three-quarters cup of 
hot water, stir until the lard is well 
melted, then sift in 1 y 2 cups flour and 
two rounded teaspoonfuls of baking 
powder. Stir in the flour quickly and 
bake in a quick oven. This cake may 
be varied by the use of different flavor¬ 
ings, or by using chopped nuts or 
rasins in it. 
An economical frosting is made by 
taking one-half cup of sugar and three 
teaspoonfuls thick, sweet cream. Bqil 
for two minutes, take from the stove, 
stir for a few minutes then spread on 
the cake. The cake should be cold, but 
the frosting should be put on while it 
is hot or it will not spread. When the 
frosting begins to harden, mark it for 
cutting, so that it will not omi'kle when 
the cake is cut. In making so small 
a quantity of frosting as this, I find 
a small, pressed tin cup is the most con¬ 
venient dish to make it in, as it boils 
quickly in it and requires so close 
watching to prevent boiling over that 
one is not likely to give it a chance to 
burn. In spreading the frosting it will 
spread easier, if after beating a minute 
two or three teaspoonfuls of the sticky 
fluid are rubbed over the top of the 
cake (using the teaspoon to do it with). 
Then beat the remainder of the frosting 
until it begins to thicken, pour on the 
cake, and spread quickly. Cocoa or any 
other desired flavoring may be added 
as one wishes. I like best the creamy 
taste of the plain frosting. c. g. 
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Send 5 two cent stamps for sample bottle. 
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