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Show 'Ore. .legion (Copy tor Thin Department Supplied by Ih A-'-.Tlcitl !.fL-:un New,; StvIc ) THE LEGiON OATMEAL COOKIE Recipe Submitted by Mrs. Frederick Gehlman, Springfield, III., Wins International Contest. Mrs. Frederick Gehlman of Springfield. Spring-field. III., presents the national cookie to tiie country. Of the 400 recipes which have been pouring into national na-tional headquarters headquar-ters of the American Amer-ican Legion Auxiliary Aux-iliary during the past two months, the Gehlman "Oatmeal "Oat-meal Cookie" has been selected to (ill the jars in military hospitals throughout the United States. Although no prize whatever was offered in this unique contest, con-test, recipes came in from every n . . . D- state in the Union Mrs. Meroert Pin- ., II and from Hawaii, Alaska, Canada and Paris besides. So it was really an international contest, but the winner hails from our own Middle West. The judges selected Mrs. Gehlnian's cookie recipe for use in the hospitals, because be-cause it best combines food value with little fat content. It makes a mighty good tasting cookie, too. Here it is : 2 cupfuls sugar 1 cupful raisins 3 cupfuls flour (cut with scis- 1 teaspoontul soda - sors) 2 teaspoonfuls bak- 1 cupful lard or ing powder butter 3 cupfuls rolled 1 cupful sour milk oats (ground) 1 egg (well beaten) Process : Flour the raisins. Cream the fat In a mixing bowl, adding the sugar gradually. Add the egg, then the milk, then the dry Ingredients after sifting them together, then the oats, and lastly the floured raisins. Using a teaspoon, put onto a greased and floured baking sheet. Put into a fairly hot oven (350 degrees) and leave 10 to 15 minutes. Mrs. W. J. Marks of Indianapolis, widely recognized domestic science expert, ex-pert, and the members of her "flour" class acted as judges for the contest. They selected as an alternate to the Gehlman hospital cookie, another "oatmeal cookie" which they would recommend for general use. It contains con-tains a larger percentage of fat and no milk. Mrs. A. O. Wiggin, Lima, Ohio, sent it in. The vote gave Mrs. Mary B. Snod-grass Snod-grass of Highland Park, Mich., second ranking without a' rival. She sent in an "orange cookie" recipe. The Judges selected as the third ranking recipe a "cream cookie" with small fat content, sent in by Miss Mary E. Robinson, Walla Walla, Washington. Wash-ington. Mrs. Herbert Pinnell of Indianapolis Indianapo-lis is shown mixing the dough for the National Cookie. She was one of the class of judges and secret she hasn't heen mixing dough for Husband Pinnell Pin-nell so very long. |