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Show THE LEGION OATMEAL COOKIE i ! Recipe Submitted by Mrs. Frederick Gehlman, Springfield. III., Wins j International Contest. j Sirs. Frederick Gehlman of Springfield, Spring-field, 111., presents the national cookie II : .. - V - '1 rl if- ii'J :.' ;'' -'I ; . '; :- Mrs. Merbert Pinned. Pin-ned. ' to the 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 Gehlmnn "Oatmeal "Oat-meal Cookie" has been selected to fill the jars In military hospitals throughout the United States. Although no prize whatever was offered In this unique contest, con-test, recipes cama In from every state In the Union and from Hawnii, and Paris besides. So it was really an Intecnatlonal contest, but the winner halls from our own Middlfc West. The Judges selected Mrs. Gehlman'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 ralstn9 3 cupfuls flour (cut with sets- 1 teaspoontul soda eora) 2 teaspoonfuts ba.k- 1 cupful lard or ing powder butter S cupfuls rolled 1 cupful sour milk oats (ground) 1 egg (well beaten) Process : Flour the raisins. Cream the fat In a mixing bowd, adding the sugar gradually. Add the egg, then the milk, then the dry ingredients efter 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, ividely 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. liobinson, Walla Walla, Washington. Wash-ington. Mrs. Herbert Plnnell 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 been mixing dough for Husband Pin-nell Pin-nell so very long. |