The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-15
The Homemaker's Corner
By MARY DOUGLAS

By MARY
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In the directions for preparing a
"Chemical Garden" in last weeks
column, there should have been in
cluded 6 tablespoons water along
with the other ingredients.
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There are such lot of good things
we can make out of cranberries,
such as, orange cranberry MARINA
lade, orange cranberry. relish, and
many others, all of which make an
eye tempting, taste pleasing, pic
ture, as richly tart as can be.
Cranberry Christmas
Trees
Cranberry Christmas trees, which
are only another way of serving
the sauce, or jelly, make wonder
full garnish for your turkey or bak-
ed ham. Here's how to make them;
Secure enough cone-shaped paper
cups for occasion. Grease the in
side of these cups lightly with but
ter or other fat and stand them in
water glasses. Make your cranberry
jelly or sauce and pour while warm
into cups When ready to serve,
unmold by slipping out of, or cutting
the paper cup.
B.
For a change in your cranberry
sauce try the following:
Cranberry Sauce With Almonds
cup sugar
! cup light corn strip
V cup water
cups fresh cranberries q pound)
cup slivered, toasted almonds
Combine sugar, corn strip and
water Cook minutes. Add cram
berries, cover and heat to boiling
point. Do not stir. Reduce heat to
simmering and cook until skins be-
gin to pop open, about minutes.
Chill, and just before serving
sprinkle over the almonds. Makes
! quart
Now, as l promised last week, we
better get back to the cookie re-
cipes, for during the coming week
you will want to get these out of
the way.
There is nothing more attractive,
and also good, than the cookies
made with cookie press. Here
is recipe for the basic dough:
Press Cookies
112 cups sifted all purpose flour
rs teaspoon salt
u cup shortening Clutter is best)
u cup sugar
l egg, well beaten
" teaspoon almond extract, or 9th
er favoring
Sift flour and salt together twice.
Cream shortening and sugar, beat
we'll Add egg and favoring, beat
until fluffy. Add dry ingredients
half at the time, beating well. Force
dough through cookie press on to
INCREASED cookie sheets. Never fill
cookie press more than Y to 20 full.
Bake in hot oven until delicately
Drowned. Decorate with colored
sugar, candied cherries, or silver
shot. For chocolate cookies, 2
squares of melted unsweetened
chocolate, mixed with 2 teaspoons
of water, may be added just before
adding dry ingredients.
These date nut refrigerator cook
les are really good, and its best to
double the recipe in the beginning
so you won't have to go right back
and make more
Date Nut Refrigerator Cookies
Y cup shortening Clutter or mar
garine)
cup brown sugar, firmly packed
Y teaspoon vanilla
egg
ia cups sifted flour
Y teaspoon salt
VI teaspoon soda
Y cup of chopped dates
y cup chopped nuts
Cream shortening and add sugar,
fiavoring and egg, beat until light.
Add dry ingredients which have been
sifted together. Add dates and nuts
and mix well. Roll dough in q
inch roll and wrap with wax paper.
Store in refrigerator over night.
Slice very thin and bake on creased
cookie sheets in 375-degree oven
for about to 10 minutes. Makes
about 36 cookies.
COcOanut Puffs
3 egg whites, unbeaten
tablesDoOnS flour