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Chocolate Snow Caps

• 1 c. brown sugar
• ½ c. butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• ½ tsp soda
• 1 ¼ c. pastry flour
• 4 sq. unsweetened chocolate melted over hot water
• ¾ c. milk

Mix by cake method. Drop from teaspoon to greased pans. Bake in moderate oven. When cool top with white frosting. Should be size of large chocolate cream. Makes 50.

Walnut Wafers

• 1 c. brown sugar
• 1 c. chopped walnuts
• 1 c. flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 2 eggs

Mix in order given. Drop from spoon in very small drops on greased pan. Bake quickly.

Makes 80 the size of a dollar.

Ginger Nuts

• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• ½ tsp. cloves
• ½ tsp. ginger
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ c. molasses
• ½ tsp. soda
• ½ c. melted fat
• ½ c. sugar
• 3 c. flour
• 1 egg
• 1 c. chopped raisins

Mix muffin method. Makes a stiff dough. Shape in a long roll about ¾ inch in diameter. Cut off sections and roll, making tiny marbles. Roll each in sugar and bake in moderate oven.

Good for Christmas time.