½ cup shortening
1½ cups sugar
¼ cup milk
2 eggs
½ teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla or grated rind of 1 lemon
3 to 4 cups flour
½ teaspoon salt
2½ teaspoons Dr. Price’s Baking Powder
Cream shortening and sugar together; add milk to beaten eggs and beat
again; add slowly to creamed shortening and sugar; add flavoring; add 2
cups of measured flour sifted with salt, baking powder and nutmeg; add
enough more flour to roll easily. Roll out thin on floured board; cut
with any fancy-shaped cooky cutter; sprinkle with granulated sugar or
put a raisin or nut in the center of each. Bake about 10 minutes in
moderate oven (380°).
For Chocolate Cookies put aside portion of the dough before adding all
the flour and add 2 tablespoons cocoa to each cup of cooky dough.
Makes 4 dozen cookies.
_All measurements are level_
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Soon, hearing all the rumpus
Billy’s mother came to see
To whom her son was talking
And what all the noise could be.
When Hun Bun spied her, he remarked
In accents sharp and biting,
“No wonder that your boy won’t eat,
His food’s so uninviting.
“Your son wants cookies, buns and cake,
And other things that mothers make.”
Bill’s mother, looking apprehensive,
Remarked, “But cakes are so expensive.”
“Not so!” quoth Hun Bun drawing forth
A brightly colored book,
“Use Dr. Price’s Baking Powder,
Hereafter when you cook!”
Then Hun Bun gaily doffed his crown
And with a bow quite comical,
He told her, “You will find it good
And very economical.
“But now we must depart and so
We’ll bid you a good-night,
For Bill and I are going to try
To find his appetite.”
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