Doughnuts and Cookies
"Between the optimist and pessimist, The difference is droll.
The optimist sees the doughnut, The pessimist, the hole."
The Recipes
Doughnuts
1 egg, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk (sweet), 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. Royal baking powder, 2…
Brownies
1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 sq. chocolate, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup nut meats, 1/2 cup flour…
Fudge Squares
1/3 cup milk 1/8 tsp. salt 1 tsp. Royal bak. powder 1 cup flour 1/2 cup nuts Melt…
Cornflake Kisses
2 cups corn flakes 2 whites of eggs 1 cup granulated sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup cocoanut…
Fruit Whirls
Two cups flour, 4 tsp. Royal baking powder, 1 tsp. salt, 2 tbsp. shortening, 3/4 cups…
Date Rocks
1 cup butter 1 tsp. Slade's cinnamon 11/2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1/4 cup water 1 cup dates 3…
Chinese Chews
1 large cup dates 1 tsp. Royal bak. powder 1 cup walnuts 1/4 tsp. salt 1 cup sugar 1 cup…
Hermits
2 eggs well beaten, 11/2 cups sugar, 1 cup sour cream or 1 cup sour milk and 1/2 cup…
Hermits (Cup sugar cup butter cup milk)
1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup milk, 1 egg, 1/2 lb. chopped raisins, 1 level tsp…
Brambles
Roll pie crust thin. Between two layers of crust, spread filling as follows: 1 cup of…
Brown Sugar Cookies
1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 egg and 1 tbsp. milk; 2 cups pastry flour, 1 scant…
Oatmeal Cookies (Cup sugar eggs tsp Royal bak)
1 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp. Royal bak. powder 21/2 cups oatmeal 1 tbsp. butter 1 tsp…
Oatmeal Cookies (Cup butter cup sugar eggs cup)
1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 2/3 cup milk 2 cups oatmeal 2 cups flour 1/2 tsp. salt…
Molasses Cookies (Tsp salt tsp cassia cup sugar)
1/4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cassia 1 cup sugar (good) 1 cup molasses (scant) 1 cup butter and…
Dropped Peanut Cookies
2 tbsp. butter 1/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1/8 tsp. salt 1/2 cup flour 2 tbsp. milk 1 tsp. Royal…
Delicious Cookies
1/2 cup butter and lard mixed 3 cups brown sugar 3 eggs 1/2 cup top milk 11/2 tsp…
Martha's Drop Cookies
1 tsp. salt 1 cup butter and lard mixed 1 cup white sugar 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1/2…
Sugar Cookies (Cup of sugar cup butter)
1 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup butter (creamed together), 1 egg well beaten, 1/2 cup sour cream…
Sugar Cookies (Cup butter cups sugar eggs)
1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 5 cups flour or less 1 tsp. soda 2 tbsp. milk little…
Sugar Cookies (Egg cup sugar cup shortening)
1 egg, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup shortening, 1/2 cup milk (2 tsp. cream tartar, 1 tsp. soda…
Molasses Cookies (Cup light brown sugar creamed)
1 cup light brown sugar creamed with scant cup of shortening (1/3 lard, 2/3 butter) 1 cup…
Filled Cookies
1/2 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1/2 cup milk 31/2 cups flour 3 level tsp. Royal B…