Evening star., 1944-12-15
fThankS to Mrs. J. w. M,
RuQttSUil[e

I In response to Mrs. M. B. T. for
recipes of good Christmas cookies.
l would like to submit the following
which are just tops with our family
and host of friends who we have
given them to. Hope they are what
you want.
Plain Cookie-Two cups granu-
lated sugar, p pound butter, eggs,
4 tablespoons milk. teaspoons bak-
! ing powder, cups of flour
/ Do not make batter too stiff Chill
and you will be able to handle better.
Roll out to thickness desired and cut
with cookie cutters, in all Christmas
and animal designs. Make nice
cookies for children's parties. Deco
rate top of cookies. Bake to 10
minutes at 375 degrees.
/ Christmas Cookies-One cup but
ter, eggs, 2 teaspoons baking powder,
2 cups brown sugar, 3i2 cups flour
tall purpose.
Cream butter, add sugar slowly
and eggs, that have been well beaten,
then add flour which has been sifted
with baking powder. Chill. Toss
dough on board and roll la inch
thick, brush with egg white and
decorate with l teaspoon cinnamon.
y cup sugar mixed together and
chopped almonds Bake on creased
cookies sheet at 375 degrees about
8 to 10 minutes.
The plain cookies resembles the
brown-edge butter cookies and will
be very light.
Roth rnnifNnC pril1 hn c4ft
when first taken from the oven,
but will harden crispy when cooled
They are both ideal for packages
going travelling, as they stay fresh
very long and ship well, wrapping
about to package in wax paper
S. Cookie-One cup flour Gittle
more may be needed, y pound but
ter, Il pound sugar (about l cup),
egg yolks
Mix butter and sugar until creamy
add egg yolks. then -four. Do not
make batter too stiff Roll and cut
/ in strips and form the letter S.
| Hope l haven't taken up too much
space.
I can't tell you how much we
enjoy RCH, it is really a wonderful
! I1Glp di1u 80 llllSI eS0lIlS.
FRUIT CAKE RECIPE?
Requested by Mrs. N. J. W.,
Richnlond.)
Will some one please tell me how
long it takes to age fruit cake?
How to age it? And, if it is best
to take them out of the pan in
which it was baked to cool or leave
it in the pan until cold I would
appreciate nice fruit cake recipe!
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POMANDERS.
THANKS to Mrs. M. C. B.,
Bronruille, N. "
Your Woman's Page is OCCASION
ally sent to me by a Washington
friend and it is always a source of
interest.
You had request for instructions
as to how to make pomanders. The
following instructions are tried and
true, l have some several years old.
If you like to make them gay with
ribbons a meat SkeWer should be
run through the orange then fill the
entire orange with whole cloves Il
select as large an orange as I can
get as they shrink in the dring proc
ess). After the orange is completely
covered, make a powder using 2
tablespoons each of powdered alum,
orris root, cinnamon and mace or
Glove and roll the orange in this
powder until it is completely cov-
cred The orange will be very moist
as the cloves release the juice and
the pomander may look uninviting.
but as they dry the loose powder
will drop away.
They can be wrapped in tissue
paper or hung in warm dry place.
Usually it takes 2 or 3 weeks for
them to dry out.
I then run ribbon through the
orange, then through large colored
bead which holds the orange when
it hangs in closet, then threading
the ribbon back and making bow