The Laurel Health Cookery: A Collection of Practical Suggestions and Recipes for the Preparation of Non-Flesh Foods in Palatable and Attractive Ways

may be cut oblong, round or in any desired shape and some of the following fillings placed between each two pieces before they are baked-- Ground or mashed dates or figs rolled thin and cut with the same cutter that the dough was cut with; raspberry or other fruit jams and jellies or orange marmalade, also some of the suitable cake fillings. It may sometimes be more convenient to cut the dough into strips 4 in. wide, spread half the width with the fruit, fold the other half over, pinch down the edge and cut into 3 in. lengths. Tops of cookies may sometimes be brushed with white of egg and water or with syrup of ½ cup each sugar and water boiled together; or, sprinkled with sugar, coriander, chopped nuts or suitable fruits. Instead of sprinkling cookies with different materials, brush the tops with milk and turn them on to any preparation or mixture desired. Grated and sifted maple sugar may be used in place of other sugar in cookies by using a somewhat smaller quantity. Oil and flour pans for baking cookies. It is a good plan to bake cookies on the bottom of inverted dripping pans. This prevents them from burning on the bottom and it is easier to remove them from the tins. =★ Rich Small Cakes--Cookies= (_From an old recipe book of my auntie’s, published in 1846_) 1 cup butter scant 1¼ cup sugar 2⅔-2⅞ cups pastry flour 2 eggs vanilla, almond or any desired flavoring _By weight_-- ½ lb. butter, ½ lb. sugar, 10 ozs. flour. Cream butter, add sugar, beaten eggs, flavoring and flour; let stand in cold place until thoroughly cold; roll ⅜-½ in. thick. Bake in oven which is moderately hot at first, so cakes will not spread. Be careful not to burn. A little more flour may be used if preferred, also half oil instead of all butter, and brown sugar instead of granulated. For _Jumbles_, break off pieces of dough the size of a walnut and make into rings by rolling out rolls as large as the finger and