The household (of the Detroit free press)

Light part : White sugar one and a half cups, butter half cup, sweet milk half a cup, soda half a teaspoonful, cream of tartar one teaspoonful, whites of four eggs, flour two and a half cups ; beat the eggs with the sugar, leaving the butter to soften by the fire ; then stir it in ; put your soda and cream of tartar into the milk, stirring up and mixing all together ; then sift and stir in the flour. Dark part : Brown sugar one cup, molasses half cup, butter half cup, sour milk half cup, soda half teaspoonful, cream of tartar one teaspoonful, flour two and a half cups, yolks of four eggs, cloves, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg, ground, of each half a tablespoonful ; beat and mix as directed. When each part is ready drop a spoonful of dark, then a spoonful of light over the bottom of the dish in which it is to be baked, and so proceed to fill up the pan, dropping the light upon the dark as you continue with the different layers. COOKIES, SNAPS AND JUMBLES. GRAHAM WAFERS. Put a pinch of salt into one-half pound of Graham flour, wet it with one-half pint of sweet cream, mix quickly and thoroughly, roll out as thin as possible, cut in strips, prick and bake in a quick oven. DUTCH SUGAR COOKIES. Four eggs, two cups sugar, one cup butter, one-half of a nutmeg, one even teaspoonful soda ; mix well. BOSTON COOKIES. One cup butter, one and one-half sugar, two and one-half flour, one and one-half raisins chopped fine, one-half teaspoonful soda dissolved in a little warm water, three eggs, a pinch of salt and nutmeg and other flavoring to the taste. Mix well, roll thin, or better still, drop into the pans with a spoon and sprinkle granulated sugar over each. HICKORY NUT COOKIES Take two cups of sugar, two eggs, half a cupful of melted butter, six tablespoonfuls of milk or a little more than a third of a cup, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoonful of soda and one cup of chopped meats stirred into the dough. NEW YEAR'S COOKIES. Weigh out a pound of sugar, three-quarters pound butter, stir them to a cream, then add three beaten eggs, a grated nutmeg, a spoonful of extract of lemon and a pint of flour ; dissolve a teaspoonful of saleratus in a teacup of milk, strain and mix it with half a teacup of cider and stir it into the cookies ; then add flour to make them sufficiently stiff to roll out. Bake them as soon as cut into cakes in a quick oven till a light brown. TRAINING CAKES. Take a teacup and put in it one teaspoonful soda, two tablespoonfuls water, three of melted shortening, then fill the cup up with molasses and pour into the pan ; add salt and ginger to suit the taste ; stir in flour to make it stiff enough to knead on a board, the same as for bread, roll out and cut in square or round cakes. GINGER COOKIES WITHOUT EGGS. One cup molasses, half cup sugar, half cup shortening, half cup warm water, two teaspoonfuls ginger, two teaspoonfuls soda; flavor with nutmeg, and flour to roll nicely. Roll no thinner than one-fourth inch, and bake in a quick oven. COCOANUT COOKIES, Two cups sugar, one cup butter, two eggs, one teaspoonful soda dissolved in a tablespoonf ul of milk, one cocoanut and flour enough to roll. HERMIT COOKIES.