Lowney's cook book

Fill with cream, chocolate, coffee, or strawberry filling, and brush tops with melted fondant, chocolate frosting, or confectioners' frosting. Lady Fingers 6 eggs grated rind 1 lemon I cup powdered sugar J teaspoon salt 1 cup flour powdered sugar Beat yolks until lemon-colored and thick; add sugar and continue beating. Add lemon rind and the egg whites, beaten to a stiff froth. Cut and fold in the flour and salt. Shape on buttered sheet, using tablespoon or pastry bag and tube, four inches long and one inch wide. Sprinkle thickly with powdered sugar. Bake twelve minutes in a moderately hot oven. 260 lowney's cook book sponge Drops Use rule for Lady Fingers. Drop from a tablespoon in rounds the size of a silver dollar on buttered sheet. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake as Lady Fingers. Sugar Cookies I cup butter 2 eggs 1 cup sugar ^ 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon milk I teaspoon salt flavoring 2 cups flour Cream butter; add sugar, yolks well beaten, flour, baking powder, and salt, milk, and whites beaten to a stiff froth, and enough more flour to make of consistency to roll. Cut off a small piece of dough, roll on floured board, sprinkle with granulated sugar, shape with cooky cutter, and bake ten minutes. Save all trimmings until the last. Do not mix trimmings with fresh dough. Sand Cookies I cup butter 2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 egg 2 teaspoons cinnamon mixed with ^ teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons sugar ^ cup blanched almonds Mix as sugar cookies ; roll ; shape with doughnut cutter; brush with water or white of egg ; sprinkle with cinnamon mixture. Decorate with halves of almonds. Bake in a quick oven. Nut Cookies I cup butter i teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar 1 cup flour 2 eggs 1 cup milk 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup chopped nut meats flavoring Mix like Sugar Cookies. Add nuts ; drop from a teaspoon on to buttered sheet. Decorate with halves of nuts. Bake in quick oven. Bangor Brownies I cup butter 3 squares chocolate 1 cup brown sugar i to f cup flour 1 egg 1 cup nut meats I teaspoon salt Put all ingredients in bowl and beat until well mixed. Spread evenly in buttered baking pan. Bake and cut in strips. Creoles 3 eggs I teaspoon salt 1| cups brown sugar IJ cups pecan nut meats I cup of flour few grains cayenne Mix all ingredients in bowl ; beat well. Fill small buttered fluted tins one half full. Decorate with pecans. Bake twelve to fifteen minutes. Hermits f cup butter 2| cups flour 1 cup brown sugar | teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 teaspoon cinnamon f teaspoon soda \ teaspoon each, clove, mace and 1 tablespoon hot water nutmeg 1 cup raisins Mix ingredients in order given. Roll mixture one quarter inch thick. Shape with cooky cutter. Put one raisin in center of each round. Bake in moderate oven twelve to fifteen minutes. Chocolate Wafers I cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup sugar 1^ cups flour 2 eggs I teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons Lowney's Premium Chocolate, melted Mix in the order given. Beat well. Pour into buttered pans in thin layers. Bake in quick oven six to eight minutes. Cut in long narrow strips while hot, and serve cold. Wafers I cup butter If cup flour 1 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla I cup milk i teaspoon salt