CHRISTMAS WREATHS

4 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1/8 tsp. salt
1 1/2 eups shortening

1 _ cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. grated orange rind

Cream shortening until soft, add
sugar; cream until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and orange rind, mix well.
Add flour and salt which have been
sifted together. Chill dough. Roll
small pieces of dough into pencil
shapes about 6 inches long and 1/4
inch thick. Form into circle, tie
ends in single knot. Place on un-
greased baking sheet. Press bits of
red candied cherries to simulate
holly. Green cherries & trimettes
are also very effective. Bake in
hot oven 400° for 10 minutes or
until set but not brown.

- Margot Harris.
CHRISTMAS TREE BALLS

1/4 cup whipping cream

12 marshmallows

1 cup chopped nuts

1/2 cup chopped dates

1 1/4 cups shredded coconut

2 cups graham wafer crumbs
(any cookie)

Whip cream, cut marshmallows into
small pieces and drop into cream.
Refrigerate. Chop nuts and dates
very small. Add coconut and crumbs.
Mix and add to cream. Squeeze to
gether with hands. Refrigerate for
2 hours. Roll cookie mixture into
balls and then roll in jelly powder.
Put piece of green citron peel or
angelica on top of each.

~ L. Van Druten.

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CHRISTMAS FOODS

CHRISTMAS SNOWBALLS

2 2/3 cups sifted flour
1 7/8 cups sugar

4 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1

2

tsp. salt
/3 cup soft shortening
1 1/4 cups milk
2 tsp. flavoring
5 unbeaten egg whites (2/3 cup)

Sift together dry ingredients into
& bowl. Add shortening, milk and
flavouring. Beat 2 minutes. Add
egg whites. Beat 2 more minutes.
Pour into greased muffin cups or
paper baking cups. Bake in moderate
oven (350°F) for 25 minutes. Remove
from pan; cool. Completely cover
with 7-minute icing. Roll in coco-
nut and shape lightly into balls.
Trim with green gumdrop leaves and
top each snowball with a candle.
Yield: 24 medium-size cupcakes.

- D. Crawford.

NOEL SHORTBREAD
ba cup butter
5 tbsp. icing sugar
2 1/4 cups sifted flour
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups grated almonds (optional)

Blanch almonds and dry thoroughly;
put through meat grinder. Cream

- butter until soft, add icing sugar,

vanilla, flour and almonds. Roll
into balls or fingers or roll out
between wax paper (not too thin)
and cut in shapes. Bake on un
greased cookie sheet in 325°F oven
for 20 minutes. Sift icing sugar
over them while still warm.

- Betty Peever.