176 British Columbia Women’s Institutes

OATMEAL MACAROONS

4 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla

14 cup brown sugar 1 banana, mashed
Y% cup melted shortening Y% tsp soda

1 egg 1 cup sifted flour
Yg tsp salt 2 cups rolled oats

4 cup cocoanut

Combine ingredients in order given. Drop from teaspoon on greased baking
sheet. Press down with fork. Bake in a moderate oven 350° for 12 to 15
minutes.

OPEN FACE SHORTBREAD DAINTIES

¥g cup butter 1 cup sifted flour
Y4 cup icing sugar 4 tsp baking powder
3 tbsp water 1 tsp vanilla

Cream butter, sugar, water and vanilla. Beat well, then mix in thoroughly
other ingredients. Roll out dough and cut in circles to fit small muffin
tins. Place in tins, prick with fork and bake in moderate oven 350° to 375°
for 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned. When cool top with favorite
jam or jelly or a tsp. apple sauce and whipped cream.

CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Y4 cup butter Y% cup chopped walnuts
1 cup white sugar 2 eggs
14 cup flour 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate

Add butter to melted chocolate. Mix well, then stir in sugar. When well
mixed add well beaten eggs. Add flour—beat to a smooth batter then add
nuts spread in a fairly thin layer in a greased shallow pan. Bake at 350°
for 25 minutes. When removed from oven this mixture will appear to be
soft and rather under cooked. Mark off in squares while warm. Let stand
in pan until they harden; as they cool they will look and taste like choco-
late fudge.

TO REPAIR LINOLEUM

If you haven’t any matching linoleum and the holes are not too large,
fill the holes with a mixture of finely chopped cork and liquid glue. When
this mixture has hardened, smooth down by rubbing with emery paper.
Paint in matching color and design.