New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-02

interesting animal cooky cutters in the shape OF
Il ion. horse. cat~snd others. and mothers who
have used them say that children delighted
with them.
MARBLED COOKIES.
For delicious marbIed cookies. cream cupfuI
OF butter and two cupfuis Of sugar. Add four we'll
beaten eggs. then three scapt cupfuls Of -four
sifted with two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. Divide the batter in half. To half add
either half cupful cupfu of grated choco-
late. according the preference, people Xix
ing and others less of this havoring. To the
other half add the juice and grated rind OF an
orange. After havoring both parts, combine them
in one streaked lump of dough- and roll 1t very
thin. Cut the dough into fancy cookies with dfa-
mond heart shaped and triangular cutters. Bake
them in rather hot oven If the butter is fresh
ADD pinch of salt
Plain orange cookies are made In the same way.
leaving out the chocolate To the full amount Of
the ingredients given above add the Juice and
grated rind of two oranges.
Lemon cookies are delicious using the same rule.
with enough of this fiavoring to take the place OF
the orange.
Chocolate cookies are also made by the above
rule doubling the amount of chocolate and leaving
out the orange.
Coffee and chocolate are sometimes used in COM
bnation Cookies favored in this way are very
odd and nice for a change. Follow good rule for
chocolate cookies and clear, cold coffee in
place milk.
COOKIES WITH NUTS.
Delicious cookies are favored with nuts, those
fla vored with American hickory nuts being espe-
cially good Cream one cup OF butter and two cups
of sugar. Add eggs and pound OF hickory
nuts minced fine. Mix the whole with enough hour
TO make a batter stiff enough 10 roll out These
iumbles should be thin and baked until crisp and
brown.
Almond cookies call for pound OF sugsT and
half pound of butter two eggs and a pound OK
hlanched ana chopped almonds with enough -four
added to make a dough Just stiff enough TO roll
out and cut into cakes Just before putting them
in the sprinkle with granulated sugar.
For peanut jumbles waters grind cupful OF
roasted and sheed peanuts until fine. Cream
rather liberal fourth OF n cup OF butter add half
c1lpful of sugar. using likewise a liberal measure
Add the peanuts and a cupful of sfted -four
Moisteu the mixture with scant cupful or milk
crust Flour a board and rolling pin. then roll out
the dough until OF waferlike thinness These Junl'
that one almost see through them Bake , on
1uteTed pans IN Prisk 0Eeh baks t nice
brown and should when served be crisp IKE
''brewed" "a and a slice OF cream cheese.
cookies are trs ] out onv aa e I0[
with an addition OF butternuts would do
OTHER FANCY COOKIES.
.Cocoanut tumbles require cupful OF butter
three Of sugar. four eggs one good sized cupfUI
of -four and TWO cupfus Of grated cocoanut.
For "grandmothers seed cakes" which are SINH
lar to oldtime New Years cakes. use half cup or
butter two OF sugar. four tablespoonfuIs Of milk.
two tabespoonfuIs OF caraway seeds. and about
two cupfus OF -four enough TO roll out. adding
TO every cup OF flour scant teaspoonful Of baking
powder. Flavor with either lemon or vanilla
Maple sugar cookies delicious. To make them
cream q cupful of butter and a cupful OF white
sugar Add two cupfuls OF crushed maple suger.
sifted with enough flour to make a batter that can
be rolled out If the maple sugar does not Grum9te
ing. the cookies. it will assist in Breaking up
the sugar Bake them in hot oven; As they are
baking the sugar melts. giving the cookies
streaked appearance.
PLAIN COOKIES
Here are two rules for plain cookies The first.
which calls Tor some milk. is slightly richer than
the other. Cream cupful OF butter and two cup
fus of sugar Add five we'll beaten eggs and cup
full CT sour milk Flavor in any way desired Add
a scant teaspoonfu OF soda and enough flour to
make q batter suitable for rolling
For the other cookies beat together eggs
and cupful OF sugar; Warm half a cupfuI Of
butter. and add TO, it half cuPful Of milk. one
teaspoonful OF soda. Flavor with lemon or al
mogd eHtract ana aad o -four sufficient to roll out
The following is a very plain rule for "eggless''
winter when eggs are high: 1t calls for hsif
fu OF sour 0I mix mxed With tiird Of teaspoon
fu Of SODA Flavor or spice the batter TO suit the
stiff dough. Roll it out on board until very thin:
Cut out with fancy cute These "eggless'
stead OF the spices.
GINGER COOKIES AND SNAPS.
Black ginger snaps that crisp and fine In
favor crll for two-thirds OF a cupful OF butter.
one cupfuI OF noIasses, one cupfu Of sugar, one
teaspoonful Of Soda tablespoonful OF ginger and
enough -four snake them easy to roll out Put
the butter molasses and over the hrt TO boil.
The moment the mixture bols add the soda and
ginger. then remove Immediately from the stove
and beat the whole into the flour. Do
much -four.
For soft ginger cookies, known as Aunt Betsy's
cookies" cupfu of butter shortening two
mDlaESeE. rlDful
spoonfuls Of soda, pinch of salt and table,
spoonful of ginger Heat the milk pour IL hot
on the soda: and then mix with the other in
gradients and form into cookies
Another rule, which is simpler and just as good.
calls for two cupfuls Of Inolasses, cupfil of
sugar, cupfal Of butter. cupful Of hot water,
tablespoonful Of ginger and Of soda. 1t will
be noticed that neither OF the above rules calls
for eggs. slight favOring of orange lemon
in ginger cookies IS sometimes improvement
and makes desirable change.
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.