The farm cook & rule book

Substitute 1 cupful of strong liquid coffee for the milk in the gingerbread recipes. Sprinkle a little powdered cinnamon and sugar over the batter just before placing it in the oven to bake. Chocolate Gingerbread Omit ½ cupful of flour in the gingerbread recipe and use ½ cupful of cocoa instead. Cover with a Mocha icing. Fruit Gingerbread Add 1 cupful of chopped nuts, raisins, currants, dates or cooked prunes to the gingerbread batter. Cup Cakes % cupful shortening 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder 2 cupfuls sugar ^ teaspoonful salt 4 eggs % teaspoonful nutmeg 3 cupfuls flour % cupful milk 1^ cupfuls raisins Cream the shortening and add the sugar slowly, beating the mixture until light and creamy. Add the well beaten eggs. Sift the dry ingredients together and add them and the milk alternately. Add the raisins dredged lightly in the flour. Pour into oiled muffin tins and bake in a moderate oven from 25 to 30 minutes. COOKIES AND DOUGHNUTS Plain Cookies 1 cupful shortening 2 eggs 2 cupfuls sugar 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1^ cupful milk 4 cupfuls flour 1 teaspoonful vanilla Cream the shortening, add the sugar and the eggs well beaten. Sift the baking powder with the flour and add to the mixture alternately with the milk. Chill. Add additional flour if needed in rolling the dough. Bake in a slightly oiled, pan in a moderate oven. Jelly Jumbles Use the recipe for plain cookies. After cutting the dough, remove the centers from half of the circles with a thimble. Place a spoonful of jam or jelly on the whole cookies and cover with one having the whole in the center. Moisten the edges slightly and press together. Bake in a moderate oven. Cooky Delights % cupful shortening i/4 teaspoonful salt 1 cupful sugar 1 tablespoonful milk 2 eggs grated rind of 1 orange or 2 cupfuls flour %: teaspoonful nutmeg 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 cupful raisins Cream the shortening and add the sugar. Beat until light and creamy. Add the well beaten eggs. Sift the dry ingredients together and add to the sugar and shortening. Stir in the raisins, grated orange peel or nutmeg and the milk. If the mixture is not thick enough to roll, add more flour. EoU very thin, cut and bake in a hot oven from 10 to 15 minutes. COOKIES Al^D DOUGH^^UTS 45 Hermits iy2 cupfuls sugar 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cupful shortening 1 teaspoonful allspice 3 eggs 1 teaspoonful cloves 3 cupfuls flour 1 teaspoonful nutmeg 1 teaspoonful baking powder % teaspoonful soda 1 teaspoonful salt 1% cupfuls raisins Cream the shortening, add the sugar and beat until light. Add the well beaten eggs and sift in the dry ingredients. Add the raisins and drop the mixture by spoonfuls on a well greased tin and bake in a moderate oven from 20 to 25 minutes. Date Cookies 4 cupfuls flour 2 eggs 2 cupfuls sugar % teaspoonful soda 1^ cupfuls sour cream 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 teaspoonful vanilla V2 teaspoonful salt dates Sift the dry ingredients together. Beat the eggs and add the sugar and cream to them. Combine the two mixtures. Drop in small patches on oiled tins^ press whole stoned dates or four raisins on top of every cooky, sprinkle with brown sugar and bake. Festive Cookies 3 cupfuls sugar 1 teaspoonful nutmeg 1^ cupfuls shortening 2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon 5 egg yolks IVo teaspoonfuls cloves