Show jo i I 1 old and new cookie favorites rank high for snack purposes do you like to have people dropping in lust just to be neighborly do you have youngsters who bring their friends home often then want to have the cookie jar well stocked at all times with old favorites and now new A cup of hoi chocolate and a cookie mean something to every youngster espe dally when the w weather is bit 41 11 angly cold and I 1 it also means something very e special to your own friends who novt in may y just u st happen to drop in spread your 41 friendliness and cheer in this way with others and be a happier person its easy to haye have cookies on hand if you select tho those so that are quick to fix and easy to keep feel a lot easier about inviting people in if theres always a snack or two ready in view of the prevailing high cost of butter and shortenings shorten ings the cookie baker must be ba careful to select recipes that spare these precious products nut macaroons Macar makes 34 dozen 1 4 ess 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meat or even vegetables tor for flavor cooked cereals may be chilled and sliced tried fried ond and served nerved with lelly jolly or syrup canned trull fruit juices are easy to use in fruit salad galad dressing such aa thin ning mayonnaise pudding sauces flavoring milk or basting meat use usa also or any part thereof to in gelatin salada salad sor or desserts i LYNN CHAMBERS MENU fried liver with onions mashed potatoes cream gravy grapefruit apple and pear salad buttered corn kernels hot biscuits baked custard fruit nuggets recipe given put dates nuts vanilla ven llla sugar and beaten eggs to ii a bowl and mix thoroughly sift together dry ingredients add to f first I 1 r x t mixture stir until w well e I 1 I 1 mixed bake ft in a a shallow grease greased pan in a moderate degree oven for about 60 50 minutes cut in squares and sprinkle with powdered sugar oatmeal Crun chles makes 30 cup shortening I 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg well beaten I 1 cup hour flour 1 teaspoon baking powder vt 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in these nut Macar macaroon a a nice crunchy low calorie snack which will fill many roles lu in your home entertaining shortbread is a rich but very delicious cookie very delicate in texture no flavoring is used so it must come coma from the butter and sugar primarily m scotch shortbread makes 3 dozen 51 i cup butter K cup powdered sugar I 1 egg yolks 2 cups flour i teaspoon baking powder mix butter and sugar together well vell add egg yolks fold in sifted dry ingredients roll out V va inch thick cut in desired shapes prick with a fork place on baking sheet and bake in a moderate oven degrees about 20 minutes or until a delicate golden brown HOUSEHOLD HINTS holding onions under und e r water while peeling makes it a tearless process and keeps the onion odor from born penetrating tra ting to no flour chicken evenly tor for frying place the flour in a paper sack back then the pieces of chicken and shake hake vigorously adding a teaspoon of lemon juice to the water katerin wa terin ln which rice is boiled will help separate the grains of rice released by tenures features leftover breads rolls and crackers cracken may be toasted and served with spread it if they are very hard aind a nd old have hava them thoroughly dry or toasted and then put through the food chopper for ar bread crumbs the ne beat way to keep lettuce isto Is to wrap it in waxed paper and place it in the refrigerator unwashed it to is likely to turn brown tl if it Is wished washed 1 soured milk and cream may be used to make gravy tor for meats such as veal also use them tor for baking breads cakes or cookies |