GINGER CREAMS
Drop Cakes
(Mrs. John Reilly, Readlyn)

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup shortening

1 cup sour milk

1 cup molasses
Yolks of 2 eggs

1 teaspoon ginger
3 teaspoons soda
Salt.

Flour to make soft dough. Drop on
buttered tin and bake. Ice.

GINGER COOKIES
(Mrs. H. C. Miller, Saskatoon)

1 cup sugar

1 cup shortening

% cup golden syrup

Y% cup cooking molasses
1% cup boiling water

2 teaspoons soda

1% teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cloves

Flour.

Flour to roll as soft as can be hand-
led. Bake in moderate oven.

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(Mrs. J. H. Wesson, Maidstone)
1 cup shortening
% cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons baking soda
3 tablespoons boiling water
1 egg
% cup molasses
Flour.

Flour to make a soft dough. Bake
in moderate oven. When cool put
together with butter cream.

BROWN SUGAR COOKIES
(Mrs. 0. I. Elgaaen, Killam, Alberta)

2 cups brown sugar

1% cup butter

1% cup lard

2 eggs

teaspoon soda

teaspoon salt
tablespoons cold water
tablespoon vanilla
teaspoon baking powder
quart flour.

Roll thinly. Cut. Bake in moderate
oven.

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CHEESE STRAWS
(Mrs. F. C. Penny, Kerrobert)
1 cup flour
Y% teaspoon salt
3%, cup grated cheese
6 tablespoons butter
1 egg yolk
Cayenne pepper
Y% teaspoon baking powder.

Sift salt, baking powder, and cay-
enne into flour. Work the cheese and
butter into the flour. Add egg yolk.
Roll out % inch thick and cut in
strips. Bake in hot oven until straw
color.

MINCEMEAT COOKIES
(Mrs. John Hartley, Saskatoon)
14 cup fat

1% cups sugar

2 eges

1 teaspoon salt

1%, cup sour milk

1 teaspoon soda

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon
14 teaspoon nutmeg

14 teaspoon cloves

1 cup mincemeat.

Cream fat and sugar. Add eggs, salt,
sour milk which has the soda dis-
solved in it. Add flour, cinnamon,
cloves, and nutmeg, and do not mix
more than -necessary. Lastly add
mincemeat. Drop from spoon onto a
greased baking sheet and bake in
slow oven for 15 minutes.

FILLED COOKIES
(Mrs. Leatha Olorenshaw, Dundurn)
14% cups brown sugar

1 cup butter

2 cups flour

2 cups rolled oats
14 cup hot water
1 teaspoon soda

1 teaspoon vanilla
14 teaspoon salt.

Make into small balls. Press flat in

pan with fork. Bake. Put together
with filling.

Date Filling
3, lb. chopped. dates
1 cup water
1, cup granulated sugar.

Cook dates with water until thick.
Stir in sugar and cook 1 minute
longer.