Show How To Prepare Items For Mailing II Its It's that time of year again for us to think of sending packages to our missionaries and servicemen Here are a few mailing hints TO SOMEONE away from home no gift is more appreciated appreciated ap ap- appreciated ap- ap than a box of goodies goodies good good- ies that arrive with an almost al almost almost al- al most the oven good good- ness Send goodies in a sturdy cardboard box or some type of tin container WHEN WRAPPING use a clear plastic aluminum foil or waxed paper topped with colorful gift gift- gift Tapping Be sure to wrap cookies of the same kind together so crisp cookies stay crisp and soft cookies stay soft Bar cookies may be baked and mailed in a ware foil-ware baking pan Candy like fudge and divinity may be poured into a foil pan or plastic box and sent without cutting Or individually wrapped IN PACKING fill layers between between between be be- tween cookies and candy with crumpled paper or popcorn Shake to pack Separate layers with a piece of cardboard cut cutto cutto cutto to fit containers Choose fairly moist non- non fragile cookies such as brownies brownies brown brown- ies bar cookies or fruit-filled fruit drop cookies Avoid sticky frostings and remember trims such as nuts and chocolate succumb to hot climate cli cli- mate HERE IS a good Oatmeal cookie recipe that should keep soft and delicious and should make good travelers Oatmeal Cookies Bring 2 cups raisins and two thirds cup water to boil Boil for 2 minutes Set aside to cool Mix together 2 cup shorten shorten- shortening shortening I ing 1 cup sugar 2 eggs Sift together 2 tsp cinnimon I 1 tsp nutmeg one U third rd tsp salt 2 cups flour 1 tsp soda 1 I Ih tsp bakin baking g powder Mix all these together B Be e 1 sure to use water left on I raisins Then add 2 cups oat oat- meal Drop by tsp on greased i cookie sheet Bake for 10 1 0 minutes minutes minutes min min- utes at degrees ih in I I I II |