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TOASTED MARSHMALLOW CAKES

% eup shortening 2% cups flour
1% cups sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk 1 teaspoon flavoring.

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53 egg whites

Cream sugar and shortening together. Add liquid alternately with
flour, which has been sifted several times with the baking powder. Add
_ flavoring and mix well. Fold in well beaten whites of eggs. Put in shallow
greased pan and bake in moderate oven. Set aside until thoroughly cold
and set. Cut in oblong shapes about 2x3 inches. Ice all over with icing
made with icing sugar, cream and flavoring. Then using fork, roll in chop-
ped walnuts or in cocoanut which has been previously browned in oven and
let cool. These are delicious and keep for some time.

Mrs. Fred Hanes, Tees Local.

GINGER CREAMS

1 cup syrup or sorghum or half 1 cup shortening
and half 1 cup brown sugar

Let come to a boil. Then remove and cool. Then add 2 eggs lightly
beaten, 2 teaspoons soda in 4 tablespoons hot water. 1 teaspoon cinna-
mon, 1 teaspoon ginger or ginger alone. Flour enough to stiffen.

Put dough into a well floured large cookie pan. Roll out in pan with a
glass and bake.

Filling:
1 cup sugar (white) 4 or 5 tablespoons milk.

Boil until it forms a soft ball in cold water. Beat until it thickens.
Spread and then cut into squares.

Mrs. M. E. Hummel, Energetic Local, Milk River.

OAT CAKES
1 cup melted shortening 2% cups white flour
1 egg 1 cup brown sugar
2 cups fine oatmeal Pinch salt

2 level teaspoons soda in % cup warm water.

Mix liquids and pour over the oatmeal and sugar. Use white flour to
make stiff enough to roll in a sheet and cut in squares. Bake in moderately
hot oven. .

Mrs. E. J. Southwick, Leduc Local.

OATMEAL NUT DROPS
(Simple and Tasty)

1 cup shortening 2 cups oatmeal

1 cup sugar 2 cups flour

2 eggs 1 teaspoon soda

4 tablespoons sour milk 1 teaspoon cinnamon

% cup each nut meats and raisins % teaspoon nutmeg.

Cream shortening, % butter and % lard. Add sugar, either brown or
white, as you prefer. Beat in the eggs and then the sour milk. Sift the
flour with soda, cinnamon and nutmeg, and add to the liquid. Then add
nuts and raisins at the same time.

Mrs. A. L. Williams, Standard Local.