Betty Crocker picture cooky book
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=.
Important recipes are marked with a Key symbol in the original. That mark is indicated here by the text (KEY)
Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book.
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Dear Friend:
Here is our newest and fullest collection of cooky recipes ... our answer to thousands of requests from homemakers who have learned that everybody loves cookies! We give you many hints, shortcuts, and tricks that save you time and work ... everything that will make cooky-baking so easy for you.
In this book you’ll find every type of cooky—all the favorites our Staff has discovered in our years of testing in the General Mills kitchens. Testing, of course ... testing and re-testing ... is the real “success secret” behind all our recipes. Why, we often spend weeks testing and perfecting just one single recipe! We make the recipe over and over again, but each time some one change is made that the Staff feels might improve it. In addition, we try out any suggestions from our homemaker-testers. Finally, when we’re positive we’ve got the best possible recipe, we release that recipe to you.
Now before you start to bake, be sure you look at the “how-to-do” pages immediately following. But you’ll find good help on every page—for we have included all the little secrets for success that we have been gathering for years! If you follow these suggestions and our simplified and exact recipes, we know you’ll agree with us that cooky-making is fun!
Betty Crocker of General Mills
Our Staff would love to have you visit our colorful new quarters on the fifth floor of the General Mills Building in Minneapolis.
We are so proud of our five new kitchens! The Terrace Kitchen, pictured above, is used for general recipe testing and also for the preparation of luncheons to be served to special guests in our Early American Dining Room.
We also have a Kamera Kitchen for preparing foods for photography; a striking Polka Dot Kitchen for appliance testing; Tomorrow’s Kitchen for testing new food products and baking methods; and a Products Control Kitchen for the baking tests on our flours, quick mixes, etc. You’ll love our Tasting Bar, where we give recipes critical “taste-tests” to be sure they are perfect!
Don’t forget—if you are ever in Minneapolis, you will find a most warm welcome here!
How to Get PERFECT Results from Recipes in this Book....
_Cooking success is up to you! If you’ll take pains to measure true, Use Standard cups and spoons all the way. And then level off—it’ll always pay!_
HERE’S HOW WE MEASURE
=Baking Powder=, =Soda=, =Salt=, =Cornstarch=, =Cream of Tartar=, =Spices=, =Etc.=
MEASURE THAT PAN!
_Choose the size pan that the recipe states When baking bar cookies, bread, pies, or fine cakes. Measure with care to get just the right size, It makes quite a diff’rence ... you’ll soon realize!_
_This page gives the meaning of terms in this book! It’s here just to help you to be a Prize Cook!_
SUGAR
Fine white granulated sugar, unless otherwise specified in recipe.
SALT
Cooking salt in cloth sacks. It is cheaper and stronger than table salt.
CHOCOLATE
Unsweetened baking chocolate. If sweet chocolate or bits or pieces are required, recipe will so state.
GOLD MEDAL FLOUR
Gold Medal “Kitchen-tested” Enriched Flour—the country’s most popular brand of all-purpose flour. Recipes in this book have been perfected for Gold Medal only.
EGGS
Large fresh eggs (2 oz.) or equivalent amounts from smaller eggs.
MILK
Fresh, sweet milk, unless otherwise indicated.
BUTTERMILK and SOUR MILK
May be used interchangeably. Too old milk has disagreeable flavor!
MOLASSES
Dark molasses. If black New Orleans molasses is specified, ask grocer for “black strap.”
SPICES and FLAVORINGS
High quality always, for flavor and dependability.
WHEATIES
The crispy, whole-wheat flakes nationally known as the “Breakfast of Champions.”
ROLLED OATS
Either quick-cooking or regular (uncooked).
MOIST SHREDDED COCONUT
Shredded coconut that’s moist ... either from a can or a package ... or shredded from a fresh coconut.
BAKING POWDER
Any of the well-known nationally distributed brands of baking powder give good results with the recipes in this book.
COFFEE
The beverage—not uncooked ground coffee.
SHORTENING
Any fresh, mild-flavored solid fat ... animal or vegetable, such as those at right. Butter is indicated in certain recipes for flavor.
HOW TO PREPARE some special ingredients the quick, easy way!
=or=
PREPARING NUTS
Some foods look and taste their best if the nuts in them are in big chunks. In others, the nuts should be in smaller pieces. The recipes tell you just how.
=TOAST NUTS=: to be sure they will taste fresh. Heat through in moderate oven.
PREPARING DRIED FRUITS
EQUIVALENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
————NUTS IN SHELL———— ————SHELLED NUTS———— =ALMONDS= 1 lb. = 1 cup nut meats 1 lb. = 3½ cups nut meats =PECANS= 1 lb. = 2¼ cups nut meats 1 lb. = 4 cups nut meats =PEANUTS= 1 lb. = 2 cups nut meats 1 lb. = 3 cups nut meats =WALNUTS= 1 lb. = 2 cups nut meats 1 lb. = 4 cups nut meats
1 CUP WHOLE SHELLED NUTS [Illustration] = [Illustration] broken = [Illustration] cut-up = [Illustration] coarsely chopped — minus 1 tbsp = [Illustration] finely chopped — ⅞ CUP
WHOLE PITTED CUT-UP FINELY CUT =DATES= 1 lb. = 2¼ cups 2 cups 1¾ cups 1½ cups =PRUNES= 1 lb. = 2⅓ cups 3½ cups 3 cups 2⅞ cups (cooked) (cooked) (cooked) =FIGS= 1 lb. = 2¾ cups —— 2⅔ cups 2½ cups =RAISINS= 15-oz. pkg. = 2¾ cups —— 2¾ cups 2½ cups
Some of the sweetest memories of Home are bound up with Mother’s Cooky Jar. Long after the spicy fragrance of her ginger cookies baking has faded into the years ... the thought of that ample cooky jar on the shelf will bring back vividly the old-time peace ... and comfort ... and security of Home. Every Home should have a cooky jar!
Hidden Treasures for the Toddlers
Monkey-Faced Cookies 19
Sugar Cookies 30
Molasses Crinkles 25
Peanut Butter Cookies 40
Brown Sugar Drops 16
Old-Time Cinnamon Jumbles 20
Washboards 25
“Tea-Off” with Cookies (for tea)
Stone Jar Molasses Cookies 34
Butter Cookies 31 and 43
Lemon Sugar Cookies 30
Chocolate Pinwheels 30
Petticoat Tails 24
New Northland Cookies 23
Dainty Tea Brownies 26
Thumbprint Cookies 41
English Tea Cakes 41
Lemon Snowdrops 41
3-in-1 Jumbles 20
Macaroons 21
For Hungry Home-Comers
Hermits 17
Gingies 34
Busy-Day Nut Drops 16
Snickerdoodles 25
Chocolate Cream Drops 18
Oatmeal Drop Cookies 19
Spiced Prune Drops 17
Wheaties Drop Cookies 17
Lunch Box Surprises (taste-thrillers all!)
Salted Peanut Cookies 16
Brownies 26
Monkey-Faced Cookies 19
Applesauce Cookies 17
Fig Bars 32
Plantation Fruit Bars 26
Tutti-Frutti Surprises 27
Glazed Orange Jumbles 20
Prune-Orange Bars 29
Put a “Lift” in Simple Desserts
Brazil or Pecan Jumbles 20
Coconut Cream Drops 18
Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies 22
Orange-Almond Refrigerator Cookies 22
Butterscotch Cookies with Burnt Butter Icing 18
Date-Apricot Bars 29
Picnic Stars (under any skies)
Chocolate Cream Drops 18
Oatmeal Refrigerator Cookies 24
Coconut-Lemon Bars 28
Frosted Gingies 34
Fruit-and-Nut Drops 18
Filled Cookies 32
Peanut Macaroons 21
Say “MERRY CHRISTMAS” with Cookies
Holiday Fruit Cookies 16
Berliner Kranser 42
Poinsettias 32
Zucker Hütchen (“Little Sugar Hats”) 38
Scotch Shortbread 39
Hazelnut Bars 29
Mandel Kager (“Almond Cookies”) 42
Lebkuchen 38
Nurnberger 38
Merry Christmas Cookies (Dark and Light) 37
Spritz 43
Jelly-Meringue-Filbert Bars 28
Almond Wreaths 43
Finska Kakor (“Finnish Cakes”) 39
Sandbakelser (“Sand Tarts”) 39
Almond Crescents 41
Quick Cure for Homesickness (send plenty to divvy up)
Date-and-Nut Squares 27
Hermits 17
Chocolate Chip Cookies 20
Filled Cookies 32
Date-Apricot Bars 29
Chocolate-Frosted Brownies 26
Ginger Creams 19
His Mother’s Oatmeal Cookies 33
Fun for the Youngsters (“tricks or treats” for Hallowe’en)
Animal Cookies 37
Wheaties-Coconut Macaroons 21
Cookies with Faces 31
Decorated Party Cookies (place cards, etc.) 31
Jewelled Cookies 27
Chocolate Cream Drops 18
Chocolate Pinwheels 30
Gingerbread Boys 34
Bedtime Snacks (for light refreshment)
Brown Sugar Drops 16
Sugar Jumbles 20
Coffee-and-Spice Drops 17
Ginger Refrigerator Cookies 23
Gold Cookies 25
Honey Peanut Butter Cookies 40
Coconut Jumbles 20
Mincemeat Cookies 17
Date-Oatmeal Cookies 40
Beau-Catchers (and Husband-Keepers)
Date-and-Nut Squares 27
Ginger Creams 19
Chocolate-Frosted Brownies 26
His Mother’s Oatmeal Cookies 33
Nut Sugar Cookies 30
Date-Nut Refrigerator Cookies 22
Matrimonial Cake (Date Bars) 29
Chocolate Chip Cookies 20
Toffee-Nut Bars 28
Say It with Cookies (for birthdays, sick friends, etc.)
Russian Tea Cakes 42
Butter Fingers 41
Walnut Squares 27
Little Sugar Hats 38
Filled Cookies in Fancy Shapes 32
Almond Wreaths 43
Orange-Chocolate Chip Cookies 20
Rich Sugar Cookies 30
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CLIP AND FILE at end of this chapter new cooky recipes from Gold Medal ads and from recipe folders in every sack of Gold Medal Flour.
“Cooky Shines”
Won’t you come into our Kitchen and join us in our “Cooky Shines?” That used to mean tea parties—but it’s what we call our Staff sessions of cooky baking. We have lots of fun trying out all the delicious cookies that come to us from many lands. I’d like to show you some of the cookies most popular with Staff members and friends who have shared their favorite recipes with us. You’ll see many varieties in the color picture on the next page. Please take a look—then turn back.
New, Easy, Double-Quick Way
Don’t all those cookies look tempting? And they’re ever so easy to make! For we’ve worked out a new simplified method—a double-quick method! Takes less than half the usual mixing time! Would you like to know the secret? Then turn to the step-by-step pictures following. Imagine you are standing right beside one of our Staff while she makes cookies. Could anything be easier? There’s no laborious creaming, no separate beating of eggs, only one bowl! Just a few simple basic steps.
More and Better Help
Now turn to the recipe pages, and have the fun of making the many different types of cookies. You’ll find all the little pointers you would notice if you were right in our kitchen. For instance, there’s a brand-new feature which I think will be a big help to you. We tell how to judge when the cookies are done. And don’t miss the recipes marked with a ★! They are special favorites with our Staff!
The “Key” Recipe Makes You Master of Many
You’ll love the new plan of key recipes with variations. When you master the key ( (KEY) ) recipe you’ll automatically know how to make several different kinds of cookies. And notice that each recipe calls for our all-purpose Gold Medal “Kitchen-tested” Enriched Flour. This is to safeguard your results.
Because you see, every recipe has been developed with and for this particular flour—and tested in representative homes—with Gold Medal. It gives that moist, full-flavored quality everyone wants in cookies.
Recipes Fit the Needs
The recipes are given in practical amounts for average families. Those for everyday cookies, and holiday cookies that keep well, make enough so you won’t have to bake too often. Recipes for the richer, dainty cookies make enough for special occasions.
Happy Memories
We’ve tried to include all the hints, shortcuts and tricks that save you time and work so you can delight your family with new treats each week. Cookies bring such a big reward in cheer and satisfaction! They make hospitality so easy! Invite your friends to join you for “Cooky Shines” in your kitchen and you’ll be giving them happy memories they’ll all cherish as long as they live!
COOKIES
[Sidenote: LEARN THE “A-B-C’s” HERE ...]
[Sidenote: ... AND THE REST IS EASY!]
=Store= cooled cookies properly to keep top eating quality. Keep crisp, thin cookies in can with loose cover.
=Keep= soft cookies in air-tight container (a covered earthen jar or a can with tight cover). Slices of apple or orange in jar help mellow and moisten cookies. Change fruit frequently.
Where to Find: Drop Cookies 16-21
Refrigerator Cookies 22-24
Miscellaneous Cookies 25
Bar Cookies 26-29
Rolled Cookies 30-39
Molded Cookies 25, 40-42
Press Cookies 43
=DROP= COOKIES
[Sidenote: “Quickies” busy mothers love to make.]
HOW TO MAKE DROP COOKIES (preliminary steps on pp. 14-15)
BROWN SUGAR DROPS ( (KEY) Recipe)
Soft, chewy. Wonderful brown sugar flavor.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft shortening 2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs
Stir in ...
½ cup sour milk or buttermilk
Sift together and stir in ...
3½ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt
Chill at least 1 hour. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until set ... just until, when touched lightly with finger, almost no imprint remains.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. 2½″ cookies.
★ HOLIDAY FRUIT COOKIES
Elegant. Richly studded with fruits and nuts. Butterscotch-flavored. Perfect for your loveliest hospitality.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and mix into the dough 1½ cups broken pecans, 2 cups candied cherries, cut in halves, and 2 cups cut-up dates. Place a pecan half on each cooky. Make these rich cookies smaller ... only 2″.
SALTED PEANUT COOKIES
These tempting peanut crunches are always a favorite both with children and grown-ups.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except in place of the 3½ cups flour, stir in 2 cups sifted flour, 2 cups rolled oats, 1 cup WHEATIES, 1 cup coarsely chopped salted peanuts (without husks). Bake until brown, 12 to 14 min.
BUSY-DAY NUT DROPS
Easy budget-savers. One of our home testers calls these her “wash day” cookies.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and mix into the dough 1 cup cut-up nuts.
BUSY-DAY COCONUT DROPS
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and mix into the dough 1 cup moist shredded coconut.
[Sidenote: “Cozies” from the cooky jar.]
COFFEE-AND-SPICE DROPS ( (KEY) Recipe)
Intriguing flavors from the Far East.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft shortening 2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs
Stir in ...
½ cup cold coffee
Sift together and stir in ...
3½ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. cinnamon
Chill at least 1 hour. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until set ... just until, when touched lightly with finger, almost no imprint remains.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. 2½″ cookies.
★ HERMITS
Spicy, fruity, satisfying ... contributed by Mrs. William G. Dorr, who worked with us in our test kitchen one summer. She says they were always first choice with her little girls.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and mix into the dough 2½ cups halved seeded raisins and 1¼ cups broken nuts. Be careful not to overbake.
All you have to do—to plump seedless raisins
Wash them and spread out in a flat pan. Cover the pan and heat slowly in a moderate oven.
To get full flavor from seedless raisins, cut them in two with scissors after plumping.
MINCEMEAT COOKIES
Extra quick, no extra fruits needed ... they are in the mincemeat.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and mix into the dough 2 cups well drained mincemeat.
SPICED PRUNE DROPS
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and add ¼ tsp. cloves with other spices. Mix into dough 2 cups cut-up cooked prunes (pitted and well drained), and 1 cup broken nuts.
APPLESAUCE COOKIES
Yummy applesauce cake in cooky form.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except add 1 tsp. cloves with other spices. Mix into the dough 2 cups well drained thick applesauce, 1 cup cut-up raisins, and ½ cup coarsely chopped nuts. Bake 9 to 12 min.
WHEATIES DROP COOKIES
Treats for young champions.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs
Stir in ...
1 cup sour milk
Sift together and stir in ...
2 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. soda ½ tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon ½ tsp. nutmeg ½ tsp. cloves
Stir in ...
¾ cup coarsely chopped nuts 1 cup cut-up raisins
Fold in ...
3 cups WHEATIES
Chill dough. Drop by teaspoonfuls about 2″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until, when touched lightly with finger, no imprint remains.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min.
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2½″ cookies.
[Sidenote: Some of grandmother’s prize cooky favorites.]
OLD-FASHIONED SOUR CREAM DROPS ( (KEY) Recipe)
Soft, tender, cream-rich.
Mix together thoroughly ...
½ cup soft shortening 1½ cups sugar 2 eggs
Stir in ...
1 cup thick sour cream 1 tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
2¾ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. soda ½ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt
Chill at least 1 hour. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until delicately browned, just until, when touched lightly with finger, almost no imprint remains.
TEMPERATURE: 425° (hot oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2½″ cookies.
★ BUTTERSCOTCH COOKIES WITH BURNT BUTTER ICING
Really delectable, especially with the unusual buttery icing. Mrs. R. C. Karstad of Nicollet, Minnesota, won a prize on them.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except use brown sugar in place of granulated sugar. Mix into the dough ⅔ cup cut-up nuts. Spread cooled cookies with
BURNT BUTTER ICING
Melt 4 tbsp. butter until golden brown. Blend in 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar and ½ tsp. vanilla. Stir in 1 to 2 tbsp. hot water until icing spreads smoothly.
AMOUNT: Icing for about 30 cookies.
COCONUT CREAM DROPS
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except mix into the dough 1 cup moist shredded coconut.
All you have to do—to give iced cookies a professional air: Place the same amount of icing (1 tsp.) on center of each. Then, with a spatula, spread the icing with circular motion in pretty swirls.
CHOCOLATE CREAM DROPS
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except stir into shortening mixture 2 sq. unsweetened chocolate (2 oz.), melted. Mix into the dough 1 cup cut-up nuts. Frost cooled cookies if desired with
CHOCOLATE ICING
Melt together over hot water 1 tbsp. butter and 1 sq. unsweetened chocolate (1 oz.). Stir in 3 tbsp. top milk and 1½ cups sifted confectioners’ sugar. Thin with cream to make glossy and easy to spread.
AMOUNT: Icing for about 30 cookies.
FRUIT-AND-NUT DROPS
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except sift with dry ingredients 1 tsp. cinnamon, ½ tsp. cloves, ¼ tsp. nutmeg. Mix into the dough 1 cup cut-up dates (or raisins) and 1 cup cut-up nuts.
NOTE: The spices may be omitted.
[Sidenote: Molasses ’n’ spice, my how nice!]
★ GINGER CREAMS
Fluffy ginger cakes ... topped with creamy white icing.
They bring memories of a real farm home near Owatonna, Minnesota, where children trooped to the cooky jar after chores were done. Mildred Bennett (now Mrs. Axel Anderson), who was honored one year as national 4-H girl, brought us this recipe when she was a member of our staff.
Mix together thoroughly ...
¼ cup soft shortening ½ cup sugar 1 small egg ½ cup molasses
Stir in ...
1 tsp. soda dissolved in ½ cup hot water
Sift together and stir in ...
2 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. salt 1 tsp. ginger ½ tsp. nutmeg ½ tsp. cloves ½ tsp. cinnamon
Chill dough. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until set ... just until, when touched lightly with finger, almost no imprint remains. While slightly warm, frost with Quick Cream Icing (below.)
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 7 to 8 min.
AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2″ cookies.
QUICK CREAM ICING
Delicious, creamy-tasting topping ... ideal for Ginger Creams and other festive cookies.
Blend together ¾ cup sifted confectioners’ sugar, ¼ tsp. vanilla, and cream to make easy to spread (about 1 tbsp.).
OATMEAL DROP COOKIES
Chewy ... with a hint of molasses.
We created this recipe in our test kitchen for the little daughter of a famous actress, and for all little children.
Mix together thoroughly ...
½ cup soft shortening 1¼ cups sugar 2 eggs 6 tbsp. molasses
Sift together and stir in ...
1¾ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon
Stir in ...
2 cups rolled oats ½ cup cut-up nuts 1 cup cut-up raisins
Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2½″ cookies.
★ MONKEY-FACED COOKIES
You’ll be amused by the droll faces.
In an antique shop, pasted on the under side of a drawer in an old table, a radio friend of Fultonville, New York, discovered this recipe written in faded ink in old-fashioned script: “for Elsa.”
Mix together thoroughly ...
½ cup soft shortening 1 cup brown sugar ½ cup molasses
Stir in ...
½ cup sour milk or buttermilk 1 tsp. vinegar
Sift together and stir in ...
2½ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1 tsp. soda ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. ginger ½ tsp. cinnamon
Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2½″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Place 3 raisins on each for eyes and mouth. Bake until set. The faces take on droll expressions in baking.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min.
AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2½″ cookies.
[Sidenote: Easy to “jumble up” in a hurry!]
SUGAR JUMBLES ( (KEY) Recipe)
Little sugar cakes of old-time goodness.
Mix together thoroughly ...
½ cup soft shortening (part butter) ½ cup sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
1⅛ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ¼ tsp. soda ½ tsp. salt
Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until delicately browned ... cookies should still be soft. Cool slightly ... then remove from baking sheet.
TEMPERATURE: 375° (quick mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 3 doz. 2″ cookies.
COCONUT JUMBLES
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and mix into the dough 1 cup moist shredded coconut.
★ CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
The glamorous Toll House _cookies ... first introduced to American homemakers in 1939 through my series of radio talks on “Famous Foods from Famous Eating Places.”_
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except in place of ½ cup sugar use ¾ cup (half brown, half white). Then mix into the dough ½ cup cut-up nuts and one 7-oz. package chocolate pieces (about 1¼ cups).
ORANGE-CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Follow recipe for Chocolate Chip cookies and add 1 tsp. grated orange rind to the shortening mixture.
3-IN-1 JUMBLES
Choco-nut ... coco-nut ... date-nut.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and divide dough into three parts. Choco-Nut: To one part, add ½ sq. unsweetened chocolate (½ oz.), melted, and drop whole nutmeats (½ cup) into it ... coating each thoroughly. Coco-Nut: To another part, add ½ cup moist shredded coconut. Date-Nut: Leave third part plain ... and drop nut-stuffed dates (14) into it ... coating each thoroughly. Each coated date and each coated nut makes a cooky.
GLAZED ORANGE JUMBLES
Double-orange flavor.... Sure to win favor.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—mix into dough 1½ tsp. grated orange rind and, if desired, 1 cup chopped nuts. Bake. While hot, dip tops of cookies in orange glaze (⅓ cup sugar, 3 tbsp. orange juice, 1 tsp. grated orange rind ... heated together).
BRAZIL OR PECAN JUMBLES
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and stir into the dough 2 cups cut-up Brazil or other nuts.
OLD-TIME CINNAMON JUMBLES
Made with buttermilk ... soft and cake-like.
“So easy ... that making them is a thrill for the girls in the Home Economics classes each year,” according to Miss Sarah M. Knight of Buffalo, New York. And even her little sixth-graders report making them with great success in their own homes!
Mix together thoroughly ...
½ cup soft shortening (part butter) 1 cup sugar 1 egg
Stir in ...
¾ cup buttermilk 1 tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
2 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. soda ½ tsp. salt
Chill dough. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with mixture of sugar and cinnamon (¼ cup sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon). Bake until set but not brown.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2″ cookies.
[Sidenote: Party specialties in answer to requests.]
COCONUT MACAROONS ( (KEY) Recipe)
Moist, chewy, chock-full of coconut.
Beat until fluffy (only ½ min.) ...
½ cup egg whites
Stir in ...
1¼ cups sugar ¼ tsp. salt ½ tsp. vanilla
Blend in ...
2½ cups moist shredded coconut
Drop rounded teaspoonfuls 2″ apart on ungreased wrapping paper on baking sheet. Bake until set and delicately browned. (Illustrated directions at bottom of page tell how to remove macaroons from paper easily.) They spread during baking, so when they come from oven shape into mounds by gathering in edges with fingers.
TEMPERATURE: 325° (slow mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 15 to 18 min.
AMOUNT: About 2½ doz. 1½″ macaroons.
CHOCOLATE-COCONUT MACAROONS
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and add 2 sq. unsweetened chocolate (2 oz.), melted.
CHERRY-COCONUT MACAROONS
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and add ½ cup chopped candied cherries.
ALMOND MACAROONS
Soften with hands ...
1 lb. almond paste (bought from bakery or made from recipe below)
Work in ...
2 cups sugar ¼ tsp. salt 4 tbsp. GOLD MEDAL Flour ⅔ cup sifted confectioners’ sugar ⅔ cup egg whites, unbeaten
Drop teaspoonfuls 2″ apart on ungreased wrapping paper on baking sheet. Pat tops lightly with fingers dipped in cold water. Bake until set and delicately browned. Remove from paper.
TEMPERATURE: 325° (slow mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 18 to 20 min.
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2″ macaroons.
ALMOND PASTE (=1 lb.=)
Grind 2 cups blanched almonds, thoroughly dried (not toasted), through finest knife of food grinder. Then grind twice more. Mix in 1½ cups sifted confectioners’ sugar. Blend in ¼ cup egg whites, unbeaten, and 2 tsp. almond extract. Mold into ball. Let age in tightly covered container in refrigerator at least 4 days.
WHEATIES-COC’N’T MACAROONS
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except, in place of 2½ cups coconut, use 2 cups WHEATIES and 1 cup coconut. Bake 12 to 15 min.
PEANUT MACAROONS
Thin, wafery.
Beat until lemon-colored (5 min.) ...
1 egg (large)
Gradually beat in ...
⅔ cup sugar 1 tsp. water
Mix together and gently fold in ...
1 tbsp. GOLD MEDAL Flour ⅓ tsp. salt ⅓ tsp. baking powder
Add and mix just enough to blend in ...
1⅓ cups finely ground roasted peanuts (_1 cup shelled, brown husks removed_)
Drop teaspoonfuls 2″ apart on ungreased wrapping paper on baking sheet. Bake until set and delicately browned. Remove from paper immediately.
TEMPERATURE: 325° (slow mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 14 to 15 min.
AMOUNT: About 3 doz. 2″ macaroons.
=REFRIGERATOR= COOKIES
[Sidenote: Mix when convenient ...]
HOW TO MAKE REFRIGERATOR COOKIES (preliminary steps on pp. 14-15)
REFRIGERATOR COOKIES ( (KEY) Recipe)
Melt-in-the-mouth, rich, and crispy.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft shortening ½ cup sugar ½ cup brown sugar 2 eggs
Sift together and stir in
2¾ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt *2 to 3 tsp. cinnamon
*Or use 1½ tsp. vanilla (add with eggs).
Mix thoroughly with hands. Press and mold into a long smooth roll about 2½″ in diameter. Wrap in waxed paper, and chill until stiff (several hours or overnight). With a thin, sharp knife, cut in thin slices ⅛″ to ¹⁄₁₆″ thick. Place slices a little apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 6 to 8 min.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. 2½″ cookies.
★ NUT REFRIGERATOR COOKIES
Nut-lovers really go for these cookies.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and mix into dough ½ cup cut-up blanched almonds or black walnuts or other nuts.
DATE-NUT REFRIGERATOR COOKIES
Follow (KEY) recipe above—using both cinnamon and vanilla. Mix into dough ½ cup finely chopped nuts and ½ cup finely cut dates.
ORANGE-ALMOND REFRIGERATOR COOKIES
Follow (KEY) recipe above—but omit cinnamon. Stir 1 tbsp. grated orange rind into shortening mixture. Mix into dough ½ cup cut-up blanched almonds.
CHOCOLATE REFRIGERATOR COOKIES
Follow (KEY) recipe above—but omit the cinnamon. Blend 2 sq. unsweetened chocolate (2 oz.), melted and cooled, into the shortening mixture.
_All you have to do—_for an elegant dessert: Make a roll by arranging the chocolate or ginger cookies (see p. 23) side by side with sweetened whipped cream between. Spread whipped cream over top and sides of roll. Chill 6 to 8 hr. Slice diagonally for gaily striped servings.
[Sidenote: ... slice and bake when convenient.]
GINGER REFRIGERATOR COOKIES
Gingery favorites in jig-time!
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs ½ cup black molasses
Sift together and stir in ...
4½ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt 1 tbsp. ginger (3 tsp.)
Mix thoroughly with hands. Press and mold into a long, smooth roll about 2½″ in diameter. Wrap in waxed paper, and chill until stiff (several hours or overnight). With thin, sharp knife, cut in thin slices ⅛″ to ¹⁄₁₆″ thick. Place slices a little apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 9 doz. 2½″ cookies.
★ NEW NORTHLAND COOKIES
Crunchy, flavorful shortening-savers.
Languid days on the St. Lawrence; the pink, rocky cliffs and blue icebergs of Labrador; and afternoon tea on deck. Such are the memories these cookies bring to Ruth G. Anderson of our Staff who brought back the recipe after a cruise to the Northland.
Mix together thoroughly ...
6 tbsp. soft shortening (part butter) 1 cup brown sugar
Stir in ...
¼ cup cold water
Sift together and stir in ...
1¾ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1 tsp. soda ½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. cinnamon
Mix in ...
½ cup cut-up blanched almonds
Mix thoroughly with hands. Press and mold into a long smooth roll about 2½″ in diameter. Wrap in waxed paper, and chill until stiff (several hours or overnight). With thin, sharp knife, cut in thin slices ⅛″ to ¹⁄₁₆″ thick. Place slices a little apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned. Remove from pan immediately.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 6 to 8 min.
AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2½″ cookies.
[Sidenote: Snip off and bake ... for unexpected guests.]
★ PETTICOAT TAILS
Richly delicate and dainty.
This recipe was brought from France to Scotland by Mary, Queen of Scots. The French name “Petits Gateaux Tailles” means—“little cakes cut off.” But the name came to be pronounced as it sounded to the Scotch and English—“Petticoat Tails.”
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft butter 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar 1 tsp. flavoring (vanilla, almond, wintergreen or rose)
Sift together and stir in ...
2½ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ¼ tsp. salt
Mix thoroughly with hands. Press and mold into a long, smooth roll about 2″ in diameter. Wrap in waxed paper, and chill until stiff (several hours or overnight). With thin, sharp knife, cut in thin slices ⅛″ to ¹⁄₁₆″ thick. Place slices a little apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. 2″ cookies.
OATMEAL REFRIGERATOR COOKIES
Nice and chewy, with a molasses-lemon tang.
Voted the best oatmeal cooky ever tasted ... when sent to our Recipe Contest by Mrs. J. A. Gmeinder of St. Paul, Minnesota. The distinguishing molasses-lemon flavor was an idea from Mrs. Richard Nugent, Brooklyn, New York.
Mix together thoroughly ...
½ cup soft shortening ½ cup sugar ½ cup brown sugar 1 egg 1½ tsp. grated lemon rind 1½ tbsp. molasses ½ tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
⅞ cup (¾ cup plus 2 tbsp.) sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. soda ½ tsp. salt
Mix in ...
1½ cups rolled oats
Mix thoroughly with hands. Press and mold into a long, smooth roll about 2½″ in diameter. Wrap in waxed paper, and chill until stiff (several hours). With thin, sharp knife, cut in thin slices ⅛″ to ¹⁄₁₆″ thick. Place slices a little apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2½″ cookies.
PRETTY FOR PARTIES
_All you have to do—_to make Petticoat Tails match your color scheme: Tint the dough with a few drops of red food coloring and use rose flavoring for a pink party. Use wintergreen flavoring and a few drops of green coloring for a green party.
=MISCELLANEOUS= COOKIES
[Sidenote: Popular through the years ...]
SNICKERDOODLES
Fun to say ... to sniff ... to eat!
Pat Roth of our Staff said, “It’s one of my happy childhood memories. My mother would be baking when we came home from school and we would have Snickerdoodles hot out of the oven with a glass of milk.”
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft shortening 1½ cups sugar 2 eggs
Sift together and stir in ...
2¾ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 2 tsp. cream of tartar 1 tsp. soda ½ tsp. salt
Chill dough. Roll into balls the size of small walnuts. Roll in mixture of 2 tbsp. sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Place about 2″ apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned ... but still soft. (These cookies puff up at first ... then flatten out with crinkled tops.)
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2″ cookies.
GOLD COOKIES
Really awfully good ... and they use up those extra egg yolks!
Mix together thoroughly ...
½ cup soft shortening 1½ cups sugar 4 egg yolks
Stir in ...
2 tbsp. milk 1 tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
1½ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. baking powder ¼ tsp. salt
Chill dough. Roll into balls the size of walnuts ... then roll balls in a mixture of ¾ cup finely chopped nuts and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Place 3″ apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown ... but still soft.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 12 to 15 min.
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2″ cookies.
★ MOLASSES CRINKLES
Thick, chewy, with crackled, sugary tops.
When served at Mrs. Fred Fredell’s in St. Paul, Minnesota, they were so delicious I begged the recipe. Thanks to her, thousands of homes have enjoyed these spicy cookies.
Mix together thoroughly ...
¾ cup soft shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg ¼ cup molasses
Sift together and stir in ...
2¼ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 2 tsp. soda ¼ tsp. salt ½ tsp. cloves 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ginger
Chill dough. Roll into balls the size of large walnuts. Dip tops in sugar. Place, sugared-side-up, 3″ apart on greased baking sheet. Sprinkle each cooky with 2 or 3 drops of water to produce a crackled surface. Bake just until set but not hard.
TEMPERATURE: 375° (quick mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min.
AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2½″ cookies.
WASHBOARDS
Coconut-taffy bars.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft shortening (half butter) 2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs
Stir in ...
1 tsp. soda dissolved in ¼ cup hot water 1 tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
4 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1½ tsp. baking powder ¼ tsp. salt
Mix in ...
1 cup moist shredded coconut (cut up any long shreds)
Chill dough 2 hr. Roll into balls the size of walnuts. Place 2″ apart on ungreased baking sheet. With fingers, flatten each ball into a 1½″ × 2½″ oblong ¼″ thick. (And we do mean ¼ inch!) Press each cooky lengthwise with tines of floured fork in washboard effect. Bake until lightly browned.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2″ × 3″ cookies.
=BAR= COOKIES
[Sidenote: Perennial favorites ... cut in squares or bars.]
=HOW TO MAKE BAR COOKIES= (preliminary steps on pp. 14-15)
BROWNIES ( (KEY) Recipe)
Chewy, fudgy squares ... everyone loves them!
Melt together over hot water ...
2 sq. unsweetened chocolate (2 oz.) ⅓ cup shortening
Beat in ...
1 cup sugar 2 eggs
Sift together and stir in ...
¾ cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt
Mix in ...
½ cup broken nuts
Spread in well greased 8″ square pan (8 × 8 × 2″). Bake until top has dull crust. A slight imprint will be left when top is touched lightly with finger. Cool slightly ... then cut into squares.
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 30 to 35 min.
AMOUNT: 16 2″ squares.
CHOCOLATE-FROSTED BROWNIES
“Lickin’ good!” ... youngsters say.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and spread cooled bars or squares before cutting with
MARIE’S CHOCOLATE ICING
Melt over hot water 1 tbsp. butter and 1 sq. unsweetened chocolate (1 oz.). Blend in 1½ tbsp. warm water. Stir and beat in about 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar (until icing will spread easily).
DAINTY TEA BROWNIES
Picturesque ... very thin. A highlight of the silver teas at a Minneapolis church.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except chop nuts finely and spread dough in two well greased oblong pans (9 × 13 × 2″). Sprinkle with ¾ cup blanched and finely sliced green pistachio nuts. Bake 7 to 8 min. Cut immediately into squares or diamonds. Remove from pan while warm.
PLANTATION FRUIT BARS
Little sugar and shortening ... but delicious. Sent to us by Mrs. Charles Willard of Chicago.
Mix together thoroughly ...
¼ cup soft shortening ½ cup sugar 1 egg ½ cup molasses
Stir in ...
½ cup milk
Sift together and stir in ...
2 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1½ tsp. baking powder ¼ tsp. soda ½ tsp. salt
Mix in ...
1 cup broken nuts 1 to 2 cups cut-up raisins or dates
Spread in greased oblong pan (9 × 13 × 2″). Bake. Cool slightly ... spread with Lemon Icing (see below) and cut into bars.
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 25 to 30 min.
AMOUNT: 4 doz. 1″ × 2″ bars.
LEMON ICING (for Plantation Fruit Bars)
Gradually beat ½ cup sifted confectioners’ sugar into 1 stiffly beaten egg white. Add dash of salt, ¼ tsp. lemon extract.
[Sidenote: Confection-like squares for special entertaining.]
DATE-AND-NUT SQUARES
Chewy favorites with rich nutty flavor. Much like the Bishop’s Bread served to circuit-riding preachers in days of Early America.
Beat until foamy ...
2 eggs
Beat in ...
½ cup sugar ½ tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
½ cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt
Mix in ...
1 cup cut-up walnuts 2 cups finely cut-up dates
Spread in well greased 8″ square pan (8 × 8 × 2″). Bake until top has dull crust. Cut into squares while warm, cool, then remove from pan. If desired, dip in confectioners’ sugar.
TEMPERATURE: 325° (slow mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 25 to 30 min.
AMOUNT: 16 2″ squares.
JEWELLED COOKIES
Glowing with gems of spicy gumdrops (red and green for Christmas holidays).
Beat until foamy ...
2 eggs
Beat in ...
1 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
1 cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. salt
Mix in ...
½ cup cut-up toasted blanched almonds ½ cup cut-up gumdrops (¼″)
Spread in well greased and floured 9″ square pan (9 × 9 × 2″). Sprinkle extra cut-up gumdrops (about ½ cup) over top of batter. Bake until top has a dull crust. Cut into squares while warm, cool, then remove from pan. (Crust will crack.)
TEMPERATURE: 325° (slow mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 30 to 35 min.
AMOUNT: 16 2″ squares.
★ WALNUT SQUARES
Almost candy ... so rich and nutty.
Beat until foamy ...
1 egg
Beat in ...
1 cup brown sugar ½ tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
½ cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. salt ⅛ tsp. soda
Mix in ...
1 cup cut-up walnuts
Spread in well greased 8″ square pan (8 × 8 × 2″). Bake until top has a dull crust. Cut into squares while warm, cool, then remove from pan.
TEMPERATURE: 325° (slow mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 25 to 30 min.
AMOUNT: 16 2″ squares.
TUTTI-FRUTTI SURPRISES
Like moist fruit cake ... full of good things.
Beat until foamy ...
2 eggs
Gradually beat in ...
1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar
Stir in ...
3 tbsp. shortening, melted
Sift together and stir in ...
¾ cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1½ tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt
Mix in ...
1 cup cut-up nuts 1 cup cut-up dates ¾ cup cut-up candied fruit
Spread in well greased 8″ square pan (8 × 8 × 2″). Bake until top has a dull crust. Cut into squares while warm, cool, then remove from pan.
TEMPERATURE: 325° (slow mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 30 to 35 min.
AMOUNT: 16 2″ squares.
[Sidenote: Deliciously rich two-layer cookies.]
TOFFEE-NUT BARS ( (KEY) Recipe)
Almond-coconut topping on melt-in-the-mouth crust.
BOTTOM LAYER
Mix together thoroughly ...
½ cup soft shortening (half butter) ½ cup brown sugar
Stir in ...
1 cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour
Press and flatten with hand to cover bottom of ungreased oblong pan (9 × 13 × 2″). Bake 10 min. Then spread with
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 10 min.
ALMOND-COCONUT TOPPING
Beat well ...
2 eggs
Stir in ...
1 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. vanilla
Mix together and stir in ...
2 tbsp. GOLD MEDAL Flour 1 tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt
Mix in ...
1 cup moist shredded coconut 1 cup cut-up almonds (or other nuts)
Return to oven and bake 25 min. more until topping is golden brown. Cool slightly ... then cut into bars.
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 25 min.
AMOUNT: About 2½ doz. 1″ × 3″ bars.
COCONUT-LEMON BARS
Follow (KEY) recipe above for Bottom Layer. Bake 10 min. Let stand a few minutes before spreading with
COCONUT-LEMON TOPPING
Beat well ...
2 eggs
Stir in ...
1 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp. lemon juice 1 tsp. grated lemon rind ½ tsp. salt
Mix in ...
1 cup moist shredded coconut 1 cup cut-up walnuts ½ cup cut-up raisins
Return to oven and bake 25 min. more until topping is golden brown. Cool slightly ... then cut into bars.
★ JELL-MERINGUE-FILBERT BARS
Jeannette Campbell of our Staff goes into rhapsodies about these luscious bars.
Follow (KEY) recipe above for Bottom Layer—except use sifted confectioners’ sugar in place of brown, and stir 2 egg yolks into the sugar and shortening mixture. Bake. Spread with ½ to ¾ cup softened jelly (currant, raspberry, or grape), then with
MERINGUE-FILBERT TOPPING
Beat until stiff ...
2 egg whites
Beat in gradually ...
½ cup sugar ¼ tsp. cinnamon
Fold in ...
1 cup ground filberts (unblanched)
Return to oven and bake 25 min. more until topping is golden brown. Cool slightly ... then cut into bars.
[Sidenote: Fruit fillings between nut-rich crumb crusts.]
FILLED BAR COOKIES ( (KEY) Recipe)
First, prepare desired filling (see below), and cool.
FOR CRUST
Mix together thoroughly ...
¾ cup soft shortening (part butter) 1 cup brown sugar
Sift together and stir in ...
1¾ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt
Stir in ...
1½ cups rolled oats
Mix thoroughly. Place one half of this crumb mixture in greased and floured oblong pan (9 × 13 × 2″). Press and flatten with hands to cover bottom of pan. Spread with cooled filling. Cover with remaining crumb mixture ... patting lightly. Bake until lightly browned. While warm, cut into bars and remove from pan.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 25 to 30 min.
AMOUNT: About 2½ doz. 1½″ × 2″ bars.
DATE BARS (Matrimonial Cake)
These cookies won the first prize at the famous Minnesota State Fair one year ... for Mrs. C. Arlt of St. Paul.
Follow (KEY) recipe above, using:
DATE FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...
3 cups cut-up dates ¼ cup sugar 1½ cups water
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened (about 10 min.). Cool.
PRUNE-ORANGE BARS
Follow (KEY) recipe above using
PRUNE-ORANGE FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...
3 cups cut-up cooked prunes (drained) ½ cup sugar ½ cup orange juice 2 tbsp. lemon juice 2 tbsp. grated orange rind
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened (about 10 min.). Cool.
DATE-APRICOT BARS
Follow (KEY) recipe above using
DATE-APRICOT FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...
1 cup cut-up dates 2 cups mashed, cooked, dried apricots (drained) ½ cup sugar 2 tbsp. of the apricot juice
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened (about 5 min.). Cool.
★ HAZELNUT BARS
Crusty, macaroony.
Old-time German party cookies that keep beautifully.
Beat in top of double boiler until stiff ...
2 large egg whites
Beat in gradually ...
1 cup sugar
Fold in ...
1 tbsp. GOLD MEDAL Flour
Cook over boiling water 3 min., stirring constantly. Remove from over hot water.
Blend in ...
1 tsp. vanilla 1½ cups coarsely ground unblanched filberts (hazelnuts)
Spread dough smoothly ¼″ thick in ungreased paper-lined oblong pan (9 × 13 × 2″). With fingers, pat top gently with warm water. Bake until top looks dull. While warm, cut into bars 1½″ × 2″. Cool slightly, then turn paper over (bars and all). Dampen entire surface with cold water. When water penetrates paper, bars are easily removed. If desired, place two bars together with a butter icing between (see Burnt Butter Icing, p. 18).
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 15 to 20 min.
AMOUNT: 32 single bars, 1½″ × 2″.
=ROLLED= COOKIES
[Sidenote: Pat ’em, and roll ’em and sugar for tea.]
HOW TO MAKE ROLLED COOKIES (preliminary steps on pp. 14-15)
=Short cut=: instead of rolling it, drop dough and flatten with glass. See page 40.
★ SUGAR COOKIES ( (KEY) Recipe)
Crispy, thin, flavorful.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1½ cup soft shortening (half butter) ¾ cup sugar 1 egg
Stir in ...
1 tbsp. milk or cream 1 tsp. flavoring (vanilla or lemon or a combination of the two)
Sift together and stir in ...
1¼ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ¼ tsp. baking powder ¼ tsp. salt
Chill dough. Roll very thin (¹⁄₁₆″). Cut into desired shapes. Place on lightly greased baking sheet, and sprinkle with sugar. Bake until delicately browned.
TEMPERATURE: 425° (hot oven).
TIME: Bake 5 to 7 min.
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2½″ cookies.
LEMON SUGAR COOKIES
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except in place of vanilla, use 2 tsp. grated lemon rind and 1 tsp. lemon juice.
NUT SUGAR COOKIES
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and mix into the dough 1 cup finely chopped nuts.
★ RICH SUGAR COOKIES
Extra tender ... a flavor favorite!
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except use ½ cup sugar in place of ¾ cup. Use 1 tsp. cream of tartar and ½ tsp. soda in place of the baking powder.
CARAWAY COOKIES
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except omit vanilla, sift ½ tsp. nutmeg with the dry ingredients, and mix 1 tsp. caraway seeds into the dough.
CHOCOLATE PINWHEELS
Fascinating whirls of dark and light ... an unusual taste delight.
Follow (KEY) recipe above or recipe for Rich Sugar Cookies. Divide dough into 2 equal parts. Into 1 part, blend 1 sq. unsweetened chocolate (1 oz.), melted and cooled. Chill. Roll out white dough 9″ × 12″. Roll out chocolate dough same size and lay on top of white dough. Roll the double layer of dough gently until ³⁄₁₆″ thick. Roll up tightly, beginning at wide side, into a roll 12″ long and 2″ in diameter. Chill. Slice ⅛″ thick. Place slices a little apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake.
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min.
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2″ cookies.
[Sidenote: Merrily we roll the dough ... for parties.]
BUTTER COOKIES ( (KEY) Recipe)
Crisp, with the true buttery flavor, but not sweet.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft butter ½ cup sugar 1 egg
Stir in ...
3 tsp. flavoring (vanilla, lemon, etc.)
Sift together and stir in ...
3 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. baking powder almond or pecan halves
Chill dough. Roll very thin (¹⁄₁₆″). Cut into desired shapes. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Press blanched almond or pecan half into top of each cooky. If glazed cooky is desired, brush mixture of 1 egg yolk and 2 tbsp. water over top of cookies before baking. Bake until they are delicately browned.
TEMPERATURE: 425° (hot oven).
TIME: Bake 5 to 7 min.
AMOUNT: About 7 doz. 2″ cookies.
COOKIES FOR PARTIES
Delightful for all sorts of special occasions.
Follow (KEY) recipe for Sugar Cookies on above, or (KEY) recipe for Butter Cookies above. Cut and decorate cookies for special occasions as follows:
HEART COOKIES
For special Valentines.
Cut with heart-shaped cutter. Brush lightly with a little beaten egg white. Then sprinkle with red sugar. Bake.
Cut round cookies. Place a tiny red candy heart in center of each. Bake.
Cut dough with two heart-shaped cutters, one smaller than the other. Lay a smaller heart on each of the larger ones and bake each pair as one cooky. When baked, ice the smaller heart with red or pink icing.
CHERRY AND HATCHET COOKIES
For George Washington’s Birthday.
Cut small round cherries from red candied cherries and stick them on baked cookies in sprays of three, with little stems and leaves of green citron.
Cut cookies with hatchet-shaped cooky cutter. Or stick little candy hatchets on cookies.
PLACE CARDS OR FAVORS
For children’s parties.
Roll dough ⅛″ thick. Cut into 2″ × 3″ oblong shapes. Bake. When cookies are cool, write names on them with melted chocolate or colored icing.
FLOWER COOKIES
For Easter, spring and summer parties.
Color dough pink or yellow. Cut cookies with little scalloped cutters, for petal effect. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with pink or yellow sugar before baking. Bits of candied orange peel or yellow gum drops may be used for yellow centers.
Make flower and rosette shapes by forcing the dough through a cooky press.
DECORATING ICING
Into 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar, stir just enough water (about 1 tbsp.) to make icing easy to force through pastry tube—yet hold its shape. Tint if desired with a few drops of food coloring. (Pile into pastry tube and squeeze.)
COOKIES WITH FACES
For Hallowe’en.
Follow recipe for soft molasses cookies such as Gingies on page 34. Tint the Decorating Icing (above) orange. Then force it through a pastry tube or paper cornucopia to make faces with eyes, nose, mouth, and hair.
[Sidenote: Little taste-tempters in fascinating shapes.]
FILLED COOKIES ( (KEY) Recipe)
Tender, creamy white turnovers hold luscious fillings.
Mix together thoroughly ...
½ cup soft shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs
Stir in ...
2 tbsp. thick cream 1 tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
2½ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ¼ tsp. soda ½ tsp. salt
Chill dough. Roll very thin (¹⁄₁₆″). Cut 3″ rounds or squares. Place on lightly greased baking sheet. Place a rounded teaspoonful of desired cooled filling (below) on each. Fold over like a turnover, pressing edges together with floured tines of a fork or tip of finger. Bake until delicately browned.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. 3″ cookies.
FILLED COOKIES IN FANCY SHAPES
Follow (KEY) recipe above—but cut dough with scalloped round cooky cutter or with heart, diamond, or 2½″ cutter of any desired shape, cutting 2 alike for each filled cooky. To give a decorative effect, cut the center out of the top cooky with a tiny cutter of heart, star, or scalloped round shape. Place the bottom pieces on lightly greased baking sheet. Spread desired filling (see below) on each ... covering up to edge. Place on the top pieces. Press edges together.
AMOUNT: 4 doz. 2½″ filled cookies.
POINSETTIAS
A smart new favorite for the holidays.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and roll chilled dough ⅛″ thick. Cut in 3″ squares. Place on lightly greased baking sheet. Cut with sharp knife from corners of each square almost to center (making 4 triangular sections in each square). In center, place 1 teaspoonful cooled Prune Filling (below). Pick up corresponding corner of each triangular section, and fold over center filling. Press gently in center to hold 4 points together.
(See diagrams below.)
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. poinsettia cookies.
FIG BARS
Plump with fruity filling.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and roll one half of dough ⅛″ thick. Cut into 4 long strips (3½″ × 12″). Spread ⅓ to ½ cup Fig Filling (below) on each strip lengthwise, covering only ½ of strip except for a ¼″ edge. Lift this edge up and stick it to filling. Quickly flop the uncovered half of strip over the filling, folding it under at edge. Seal the 2 edges together securely. With sharp knife, cut into bars 2″ long. Place 1″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet.
AMOUNT: 2 doz. 2″ bars.
[Sidenote: Luscious fruity fillings ... to suit every taste.]
RAISIN, FIG, AND DATE FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...
½ cup raisins, finely cut up ½ cup figs, finely cut up ½ cup dates, finely cut up ½ cup sugar ½ cup water 2 tbsp. lemon juice
Cook slowly, stirring constantly, until thickened (about 5 min.). Cool.
AMOUNT: Filling for 4 doz. filled cookies.
RAISIN, FIG, OR DATE FILLING
In recipe above for Raisin, Fig, and Date Filling, use 1½ cups raisins, or figs, or dates ... in place of the combination of the three.
PINEAPPLE FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...
1 cup sugar 4 tbsp. GOLD MEDAL Flour
Stir in ...
1½ cups well drained crushed pineapple (no. 2 can) 4 tbsp. lemon juice 3 tbsp. butter ¼ tsp. nutmeg ¾ cup pineapple juice
Cook slowly, stirring constantly, until thickened (5 to 10 min.). Cool.
AMOUNT: Filling for 4 doz. filled cookies.
PRUNE FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...
1⅓ cups mashed cooked prunes (2 cups uncooked) ½ cup sugar 2 tbsp. lemon juice
Cook slowly, stirring constantly, until thickened (about 4 min.).
AMOUNT: Fills 5 doz. Poinsettias (p. 32).
★ HIS MOTHER’S OATMEAL COOKIES
Crispy, nutty-flavored cookies ... sandwiched together with jelly or jam.
Nora M. Young of Cleveland, Ohio, won a prize in the “plain cooky class” on these. Wonderful for lunch box and cooky jar.
Mix together ...
2 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. salt 3 cups rolled oats
Cut in until mixture is well blended ...
1 cup shortening (part butter)
Stir in ...
1 tsp. soda dissolved in ⅓ cup milk (sweet or sour) 1½ cups brown sugar
Chill dough. Roll out ⅛″ thick. Cut into desired shapes. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned. When cool, and just before serving, put together in pairs with jelly or jam between.
TEMPERATURE: 375° (quick mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min.
AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2½″ double cookies.
[Sidenote: Old-time goodies every home should know.]
★ GINGIES ( (KEY) Recipe)
Soft and puffy ... true old-fashioned ginger cookies.
A happy tradition at the famous Girard College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The boys hoard them ... old grads long for them.
Mix together thoroughly ...
⅓ cup soft shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1½ cups black molasses
Stir in ...
½ cup cold water
Sift together and stir in ...
6 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. allspice 1 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp. cinnamon
Stir in ...
2 tsp. soda dissolved in 3 tbsp. cold water
Chill dough. Roll out very thick (½″). Cut with 2½″ round cutter. Place far apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until, when touched lightly with finger, no imprint remains.
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 15 to 18 min.
AMOUNT: 2⅔ doz. fat, puffy 2½″ cookies.
FROSTED GINGIES
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and frost when cool with Simple White Icing (recipe below).
SIMPLE WHITE ICING
Blend together 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar, ¼ tsp. salt, ½ tsp. vanilla, and enough milk or water to make easy to spread (about 1½ tbsp.). Part of icing may be colored by adding a drop or two of food coloring.
GINGERBREAD BOYS
Make holidays gayer than ever.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—and mix in 1 more cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour. Chill dough. Roll out very thick (½″). Grease cardboard gingerbread boy pattern, place on the dough, and cut around it with a sharp knife. Or use a gingerbread boy cutter. With a pancake turner, carefully transfer gingerbread boys to lightly greased baking sheet. Press raisins into dough for eyes, nose, mouth, and shoe and cuff buttons. Use bits of candied cherries or red gum drops for coat buttons; strips of citron for tie. Bake. Cool slightly, then carefully remove from baking sheet. With white icing, make outlines for collar, cuffs, belt, and shoes.
AMOUNT: About 12 Gingerbread Boys.
★ STONE JAR MOLASSES COOKIES
Crisp and brown ... without a bit of sugar.
Heat to boiling point ...
1 cup molasses
Remove from heat
Stir ...
½ cup shortening 1 tsp. soda
Sift together and stir in ...
2¼ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1¾ tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1½ tsp. ginger
Chill dough. Roll out very thin (¹⁄₁₆″). Cut into desired shapes. Bake until, when touched lightly, no imprint remains. (Over-baking gives a bitter taste.)
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 5 to 7 min.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. 2½″ cookies.
PATTERN FOR GINGER BREAD BOY
Trace on tissue paper. Then cut pattern from cardboard. Place greased pattern on dough. Cut around it with a sharp knife. Other cooky patterns can be made in same way.
To make “dancing” Gingerbread boys ... bend the legs and arms into “action” positions when you place them on baking sheet (as shown in small figures above).
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=1= Select heavy box, lined with waxed paper. Use plenty of filler (crushed wrapping or tissue paper, or unbuttered popcorn or Cheerios).
=2= Wrap each cooky separately ... in waxed paper. Or place cookies back-to-back in pairs ... then wrap each pair.
=3= Pad bottom of box with filler. Fit wrapped cookies into box closely, in layers.
=4= Use filler between layers to prevent crushing of cookies.
=5= Cover with paper doily, add card, and pad top with crushed paper. Pack tightly so contents will not shake around.
=6= Wrap box tightly with heavy paper and cord. Address plainly with permanent ink ... covering address with Scotch tape or colorless nail polish. Mark the box plainly: “PERISHABLE.”
[Sidenote: Gay shapes ... for holiday cheer.]
MERRY CHRISTMAS COOKIES ( (KEY) Recipe)
Soft, cushiony cookies, dark or light.
DARK DOUGH.... For animal shapes, toy shapes, and boy and girl figures.
Mix together thoroughly ...
⅓ cup soft shortening ⅓ cup brown sugar 1 egg ⅔ cup molasses
Sift together and stir in ...
2¾ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt 2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ginger
Chill dough. Roll out thick (¼″). Cut into desired shapes. Place 1″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until, when touched lightly with finger, no imprint remains. When cool, ice and decorate as desired.
TEMPERATURE: 375° (quick mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2½″ cookies.
LIGHT DOUGH
For bells, stockings, stars, wreaths, etc.
Follow (KEY) recipe for Dark Dough above except substitute honey for molasses, and granulated sugar for brown. Use 1 tsp. vanilla in place of cinnamon and ginger.
TO HANG ON CHRISTMAS TREE
Just loop a piece of green string and press ends into the dough at the top of each cooky before baking. Bake with string-side down on pan.
TO DECORATE
Use recipe for Decorating Icing (p. 31) (thin the icing for spreading). For decorating ideas, see picture on preceding page. Sugar in coarse granules for decorating is available at bakery supply houses.
STARS
Cover with white icing. Sprinkle with sky blue sugar.
WREATHS
Cut with scalloped cutter ... using smaller cutter for center. Cover with white icing. Sprinkle with green sugar and decorate with clusters of berries made of red icing—leaves of green icing—to give the realistic effect of holly wreaths.
BELLS
Outline with red icing. Make clapper of red icing. (A favorite with children.)
STOCKINGS
Sprinkle colored sugar on toes and heels before baking. Or mark heels and toes of baked cookies with icing of some contrasting color.
CHRISTMAS TREES
Spread with white icing ... then sprinkle with green sugar. Decorate with silver dragées and tiny colored candies.
TOYS
(Drum, car, jack-in-the-box, etc.): Outline shapes with white or colored icing.
ANIMALS
(Reindeer, camel, dog, kitten, etc.): Pipe icing on animals to give effect of bridles, blankets, etc.
BOYS AND GIRLS
Pipe figures with an icing to give desired effects: eyes, noses, buttons, etc.
[Sidenote: “Old country” Christmas treasures.]
LEBKUCHEN ( (KEY) Recipe)
The famous old-time German Christmas Honey Cakes.
Mix together and bring to a boil ...
½ cup honey ½ cup molasses
Cool thoroughly
Stir in ...
¾ cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 tbsp. lemon juice 1 tsp. grated lemon rind
Sift together and stir in ...
2¾ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. soda 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp. allspice 1 tsp. nutmeg
Mix in ...
⅓ cup cut-up citron ⅓ cup chopped nuts
Chill dough overnight. Roll small amount at a time, keeping rest chilled. Roll out ¼″ thick and cut into oblongs 1½ × 2½″. Place one inch apart on greased baking sheet. Bake until when touched lightly no imprint remains. While cookies bake, make Glazing Icing (recipe below). Brush it over cookies the minute they are out of oven. Then quickly remove from baking sheet. Cool and store to mellow.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. 2″ × 3″ cookies.
GLAZING ICING
Boil together 1 cup sugar and ½ cup water until first indication of a thread appears (230°). Remove from heat. Stir in ¼ cup confectioners’ sugar and brush hot icing thinly over cookies. (When icing gets sugary, reheat slightly, adding a little water until clear again.)
★ NURNBERGER
Round, light-colored honey cakes from the famed old City of Toys.
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except in place of honey and molasses use 1 cup honey; and reduce spices (using ¼ tsp. cloves, ½ tsp. allspice, and ½ tsp. nutmeg ... with 1 tsp. cinnamon).
Roll out the chilled dough ¼″ thick. Cut into 2″ rounds. Place on greased baking sheet. With fingers, round up cookies a bit toward center. Press in blanched almond halves around the edge like petals of a daisy. Use a round piece of citron for each center. Bake just until set. Immediately brush with Glazing Icing (above). Remove from baking sheet. Cool, and store to mellow.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. 2½″ cookies.
TO “MELLOW” COOKIES
... store in an air-tight container for a few days. Add a cut orange or apple; but fruit molds, so change it frequently.
=ZUCKER HÜTCHEN= (Little Sugar Hats)
_From the collection of Christmas recipes by the Kohler Woman’s Club of Kohler, Wisconsin._
Mix together thoroughly ...
6 tbsp. soft butter ½ cup sugar 1 egg yolk
Stir in ...
2 tbsp. milk
Sift together and stir in ...
1⅜ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. baking powder ¼ tsp. salt
Mix in ...
¼ cup finely cut-up citron
Chill dough. Roll thin (⅛″). Cut into 2″ rounds. Heap 1 tsp. Meringue Frosting (recipe below) in center of each round to make it look like the crown of a hat. Place 1″ apart on greased baking sheet. Bake until delicately browned.
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min.
AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2″ cookies.
MERINGUE FROSTING
Beat 1 egg white until frothy. Beat in gradually 1½ cups sifted confectioners’ sugar and beat until frosting holds its shape. Stir in ½ cup finely chopped blanched almonds.
[Sidenote: Decorative favorites from lands afar.]
SCOTCH SHORTBREAD
Old-time delicacy from Scotland ... crisp, thick, buttery.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft butter ⅝ cup sugar (½ cup plus 2 tbsp.)
Stir in ...
2½ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour
Mix thoroughly with hands. Chill dough. Roll out ⅓ to ½″ thick. Cut into fancy shapes (small leaves, ovals, squares, etc.). Flute edges if desired by pinching between fingers as for pie crust. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake. (The tops do not brown during baking ... nor does shape of the cookies change.)
TEMPERATURE: 300° (slow oven).
TIME: Bake 20 to 25 min.
AMOUNT: About 2 doz. 1″ × 1½″ cookies.
★ FINSKA KAKOR (Finnish Cakes)
Nut-studded butter strips from Finland.
Mix together thoroughly ...
¾ cup soft butter ¼ cup sugar 1 tsp. almond flavoring
Stir in ...
2 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour
Mix thoroughly with hands. Chill dough. Roll out ¼″ thick. Cut into strips 2½″ long and ¾″ wide. Brush tops lightly with 1 egg white, slightly beaten. Sprinkle with mixture of 1 tbsp. sugar and ⅓ cup finely chopped blanched almonds. Carefully transfer (several strips at a time) to ungreased baking sheet. Bake just until cookies begin to turn a very delicate golden brown.
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 17 to 20 min.
AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2½″ × ¾″ cookies.
SANDBAKELSER (Sand Tarts)
Fragile almond-flavored shells of Swedish origin, made in copper molds of varied designs.
Put through fine knife of food grinder twice ...
*⅓ cup blanched almonds *4 unblanched almonds
Mix in thoroughly ...
⅞ cup soft butter (1 cup minus 2 tbsp.) ¾ cup sugar 1 small egg white, unbeaten
Stir in ...
1¾ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour
*In place of the almonds, you may use 1 tsp. vanilla flavoring and 1 tsp. almond flavoring.
Chill dough. Press dough into Sandbakels molds (or tiny fluted tart forms) to coat inside. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until very delicately browned. Tap molds on table to loosen cookies and turn them out of the molds.
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 12 to 15 min.
AMOUNT: About 3 doz. cookies.
=MOLDED= COOKIES
[Sidenote: Mold ’em fast with a fork or glass!]
=HOW TO MAKE MOLDED COOKIES= (preliminary steps on pp. 14-15)
DATE-OATMEAL COOKIES
Mix together thoroughly ...
¾ cup soft shortening (half butter) 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 3 tbsp. milk 1 tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
2 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ¾ tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt
Stir in ...
2 cups rolled oats 1½ cups cut-up dates ¾ cup chopped nuts
Chill dough. Roll into balls size of large walnuts. Place 3″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Flatten (to ¼″) with bottom of glass dipped in flour. Bake until lightly browned.
TEMPERATURE: 375° (quick mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min.
AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2½″ cookies.
★ PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES ( (KEY) Recipe)
Perfect for the Children’s Hour.
Mix together thoroughly ...
½ cup soft shortening (half butter) ½ cup peanut butter ½ cup sugar ½ cup brown sugar 1 egg
Sift together and stir in ...
1¼ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. baking powder ¾ tsp. soda ¼ tsp. salt
Chill dough. Roll into balls size of large walnuts. Place 3″ apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Flatten with fork dipped in flour ... crisscross. Bake until set ... but not hard.
TEMPERATURE: 375° (quick mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min.
AMOUNT: About 3 doz. 2½″ cookies.
HONEY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
Follow (KEY) recipe above—except use only ¼ cup shortening, and in place of brown sugar use ½ cup honey.
[Sidenote: Sprightly tea cakes for friends and family.]
THUMBPRINT COOKIES
Nut-rich ... the thumb dents filled with sparkling jelly.
I’m as delighted with this quaint addition to our cooky collection, from Ken MacKenzie, as is the collector of old glass when a friend presents her with some early thumbprint goblets.
Mix together thoroughly ...
½ cup soft shortening (half butter) ¼ cup brown sugar 1 egg yolk ½ tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
1 cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ¼ tsp. salt
Roll into 1″ balls. Dip in slightly beaten egg whites. Roll in finely chopped nuts (¾ cup). Place about 1″ apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 5 min. Remove from oven. Quickly press thumb gently on top of each cooky. Return to oven and bake 8 min. longer. Cool.
Place in thumbprints a bit of chopped candied fruit, sparkling jelly, or tinted confectioners’ sugar icing.
TEMPERATURE: 375° (quick mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 5 min., then 8 min.
AMOUNT: About 2 doz. 1½″ cookies.
★ ENGLISH TEA CAKES
Tender, flavorful tidbits with a sugary glaze.
Mix together thoroughly ...
½ cup soft shortening (half butter) ¾ cup sugar 1 egg 3 tbsp. milk
Sift together and stir in ...
1¾ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour 1½ tsp. baking powder ¼ tsp. salt
Mix in ...
½ cup finely cut sliced citron ½ cup currants or raisins, cut-up
Chill dough. Roll into balls the size of walnuts. Dip tops in slightly beaten egg white, then sugar. Place sugared-side-up 2″ apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until delicately browned. The balls flatten some in baking and become glazed.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 12 to 15 min.
AMOUNT: About 3 doz. 1½″ cookies.
ALMOND CRESCENTS
Richly delicate, buttery. Party favorites.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft shortening (half butter) ⅓ cup sugar ⅔ cup ground blanched almonds
Sift together and work in ...
1⅔ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ¼ tsp. salt
Chill dough. Roll with hands pencil-thick. Cut in 2½″ lengths. Form into crescents on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until set ... not brown. Cool on pan. While slightly warm, carefully dip in 1 cup confectioners’ sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon mixed.
TEMPERATURE: 325° (slow mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 14 to 16 min.
AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2½″ cookies.
LEMON SNOWDROPS
Refreshing, lemony ... with snowy icing.
Follow recipe for English Tea Cakes above—except use 2 tbsp. lemon juice and 1 tbsp. water in place of the milk. Add 2 tsp. grated lemon rind. Omit citron and currants. Mix in ½ cup chopped nuts. Chill dough. Roll into balls and bake. Then roll in confectioners’ sugar.
BUTTER FINGERS
Nut-flavored, rich buttery party cookies.
Follow recipe for Almond Crescents—except in place of almonds use black walnuts or other nuts, chopped. Cut into finger lengths and bake. While still warm, roll in confectioners’ sugar. Cool, and roll in the sugar again.
[Sidenote: Festive cookies for the holidays ... ideal for Christmas boxes.]
RUSSIAN TEA CAKES
Crunchy, sugared, nut-filled snowballs.
This favorite with men came to us from a man. Carl Burkland, a radio executive of New York City, made them himself for me one Christmas season.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft butter ½ cup sifted confectioners’ sugar 1 tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...
2¼ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ¼ tsp. salt
Mix in ...
¾ cup finely chopped nuts
Chill dough. Roll into 1″ balls. Place 2½″ apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until set, but not brown. While still warm, roll in confectioners’ sugar. Cool. Roll in sugar again.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min.
AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 1½″ cookies.
MANDEL KAGER (Almond Cookies)
These little cakes of intriguing flavor are always on hand for Norway’s holiday festivities.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft shortening (part butter) ½ cup sugar 1 egg
Sift together and stir in ...
1⅔ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. baking powder 1 tbsp. cinnamon (3 tsp.) 1 to 1½ tsp. ground cardamom
Mix in ...
½ cup chopped toasted almonds
Chill dough. Roll into 1″ balls. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Flatten slightly. Brush tops with egg glaze (1 slightly beaten egg yolk mixed with 1 tbsp. water). Top each with a blanched almond half. Bake until golden brown.
TEMPERATURE: 375° (quick mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min.
AMOUNT: About 3½ doz. 1½″ cookies.
_All you have to do—_to shape a Berliner Krans: Form a circle and bring one end over and through.
If rich dough splits apart or seems crumbly, let it get slightly warm or work in a few drops of liquid until the dough sticks together.
=BERLINER KRANSER= (Berlin Wreaths)
Delicious and buttery, these gay little wreaths are made each holiday season in Norway.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1½ cups soft shortening (half butter) 1 cup sugar 2 tsp. grated orange rind 2 eggs
Stir in ...
4 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour
Chill dough. Break off small pieces and roll to pencil size about 6″ long and ¼″ thick. Form each piece into a circle, bringing one end over and through in a single knot. (See sketch above.) Leave ½″ end on each side. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Brush tops with meringue (made by beating 1 egg white until stiff, gradually beating in 2 tbsp. sugar). Press bits of red candied cherries on center of knot for holly berries. Add little jagged leaves cut out of green citron. Bake until set ... but not brown.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. 2″ cookies.
=PRESS= COOKIES
[Sidenote: Buttery morsels in intriguing shapes.]
HOW TO MAKE COOKIES WITH A PRESS
Force dough through a cooky press (or pastry tube). Follow directions accompanying cooky press. Hold the press upright, and force out the dough until it appears at the edge of the mold ... then lift the press away.
SPRITZ ( (KEY) Recipe) (“Spurted out of a press”)
Crisp, fragile, buttery-tasting curlicues.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft butter ⅔ cup sugar 3 egg yolks 1 tsp. flavoring (almond or vanilla) or 4 tbsp. grated almonds.
Work in with the hands ...
2½ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour
Chill dough. Force through cooky press onto ungreased baking sheet in letter S’s, rosettes, fluted bars, or other desired shapes. Bake until set ... but not brown.
TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven).
TIME: Bake 7 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. cookies.
CHOCOLATE SPRITZ
Follow (KEY) recipe above—but blend into the shortening mixture 4 sq. unsweetened chocolate (4 oz.), melted.
Have baking sheet cold before forcing cooky dough through press onto it. If sheet is not cold, the fat in the dough will melt and the cookies will pull away from the sheet when the press is lifted.
BUTTER COOKIES
Follow (KEY) recipe for Butter Cookies on p. 31. Force chilled dough through cooky press onto ungreased baking sheet in form of flowers, wreaths, or any desired shapes.
★ ALMOND WREATHS
Beautiful almond-topped garlands.
Mix together thoroughly ...
1 cup soft shortening (mostly butter) ¾ cup confectioners’ sugar 2 egg yolks 1 egg white 1 tsp. vanilla ¼ tsp. salt
Sift together and work in with the hands ...
2 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour
Chill dough. Force through cooky press onto ungreased baking sheet in shape of wreaths. Brush wreaths with slightly beaten egg white. Sprinkle with mixture of 2 tbsp. sugar, ¼ tsp. cinnamon, and ¼ cup very finely chopped blanched almonds. Bake until set ... but not brown.
TO DECORATE
Press bits of red or green candied cherry into top of wreaths to simulate a bow.
TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven).
TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min.
AMOUNT: About 6 doz. cookies.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX
General Methods, pages 14 and 15
Almond Crescents, 41
Almond Macaroons, 21
Almond Paste, 21
Almond Wreaths, 43
Animal Cookies, 37
Applesauce Cookies, 17
Bar Cookies, 26
Bell Cookies, 37
Berliner Kranser, 42
Boy and Girl Cookies, 37
Brazil or Pecan Jumbles, 20
Brown Sugar Drops, 16
Brownies, 26
Burnt Butter Icing, 18
Busy-Day Coconut Drops, 16
Busy-Day Nut Drops, 16
Butter Cookies, 31 and 43
Butter Fingers, 41
Butterscotch Cookies, 18
Caraway Cookies, 30
Cherry and Hatchet Cookies, 31
Cherry-Coconut Macaroons, 21
Chocolate Chip Cookies, 20
Chocolate-Coconut Macaroons, 21
Chocolate Cream Drops, 18
Chocolate-Frosted Brownies, 26
Chocolate Icing, 18
Chocolate Pinwheels, 30
Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies, 22
Chocolate Spritz, 43
Christmas Tree Cookies, 37
Coconut Cream Drops, 18
Coconut Jumbles, 20
Coconut-Lemon Bars, 28
Coconut Macaroons, 21
Coffee-and-Spice Drops, 17
Cookies with Faces, 31
Dainty Tea Brownies, 26
Date-and-Nut Squares, 27
Date-Apricot Bars, 29
Date Bars or Matrimonial Cake, 29
Date-Nut Refrigerator Cookies, 22
Date-Oatmeal Cookies, 40
Decorating Icing, 31
Drop Cookies, 16
English Tea Cakes, 41
Fig Bars, 32
Filled Bar Cookies, 29
Filled Cookies, 32
Filled Cookies in Fancy Shapes, 32
Finska Kakor, 39
Flower Cookies, 31
Frosted Gingies, 34
Fruit-and-Nut Drops, 18
Ginger Creams, 19
Ginger Refrigerator Cookies, 23
Gingerbread Boys, 34
Gingies, 34
Glazed Orange Jumbles, 20
Glazing Icing, 38
Gold Cookies, 25
Hazelnut Bars, 29
Heart Cookies, 31
Hermits, 17
His Mother’s Oatmeal Cookies, 33
Holiday Fruit Cookies, 16
Honey Peanut Butter Cookies, 40
Jell-Meringue-Filbert Bars, 28
Jewelled Cookies, 27
Lebkuchen, 38
Lemon Icing, 26
Lemon Snowdrops, 41
Lemon Sugar Cookies, 30
Little Sugar Hats, 38
Macaroons, 21
Mandel Kager, 42
Marie’s Chocolate Icing, 26
Merry Christmas Cookies, 37
Mincemeat Cookies, 17
Miscellaneous Cookies, 25
Molasses Crinkles, 25
Molded Cookies, 40
Monkey-Faced Cookies, 19
New Northland Cookies, 23
Nurnberger, 38
Nut Refrigerator Cookies, 22
Nut Sugar Cookies, 30
Oatmeal Drop Cookies, 19
Oatmeal Refrigerator Cookies, 24
Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Drops, 18
Old-Time Cinnamon Jumbles, 20
Orange-Almond Refrigerator Cookies, 22
Orange-Chocolate Chip Cookies, 20
Peanut Butter Cookies, 40
Peanut Macaroons, 21
Petticoat Tails, 24
Pineapple Filling, 33
Place Cards or Favors, 31
Plantation Fruit Bars, 26
Poinsettias, 32
Press Cookies, 43
Prune Filling, 33
Prune-Orange Bars, 29
Quick Cream Icing, 19
Raisin, Fig and Date Filling, 33
Raisin, Fig or Date Filling, 33
Refrigerator Cookies, 22
Rich Sugar Cookies, 30
Rolled Cookies, 30
Russian Tea Cakes, 42
Salted Peanut Cookies, 16
Sandbakelser, 39
Scotch Shortbread, 39
Simple White Icing, 34
Snickerdoodles, 25
Spiced Prune Drops, 17
Spritz, 43
Star Cookies, 37
Stocking Cookies, 37
Stone Jar Molasses Cookies, 34
Sugar Cookies, 30
Sugar Jumbles, 20
3-in-1 Jumbles, 20
Thumbprint Cookies, 41
Toffee-Nut Bars, 28
Toy Cookies, 37
Tutti-Frutti Surprises, 27
Walnut Squares, 27
Washboards, 25
Wheaties-Coconut Macaroons, 21
Wheaties Drop Cookies, 17
Wreath Cookies, 37
Zucker Hütchen, 38
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
In places sections have been moved to correct for content spread across two pages in the original. Cases where significant changes have been made are noted below.
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Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pp 22,23: Steps 3 and 4 of REFRIGERATOR COOKIES have been moved from page 23 to be with 1 and 2 on page 22. Pg 27: “left” replaced with “above” Pg 26,27: Recipe for Lemon Icing moved from Pg 27 to be with Plantation Fruit Bars Pg 26 Pg 26: "next page" changed to "below" to reflect move of Lemon Icing Pp 31: “opposite page” replaced with “above page” Pp 32: “opposite page” replaced with “below” Index: “Bar Bookies” replaced with “Bar Cookies”