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CAKES, COOKIES AND CONFECTIONS

half inch thick or less. Bake in a moderate oven 20 minutes. Cut into squares.

Chocolate Chips
  • ½ c. fat
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 sq. bitter chocolate
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 c. flour
  • ¼ tsp. salt

Mix like cake. Spread as thin as possible onto inverted, well greased pans. Bake in a moderate oven. Cut while hot into strips or oblongs.

Makes one hundred. Should be eaten soon after baking.

Cheroqueets
  • 3 tbsp. fat
  • ½ c. sugar
  • ¼ c. milk
  • 1 c. flour
  • 1½ tsp. baking powder
  • Whites of 2 eggs
  • ½ tsp. flavoring
  • ¼ c. candied cherries cut fine

Mix butter cake method. Bake in shallow greased pan. Cut into tiny squares. Ice with a soft frosting and roll at once in shredded cocoanut. May bake in tiny muffin tins.

Scotch Short Bread
  • 1 lb. pastry flour warmed slightly
  • ½ lb. butter
  • ¼ lb. sugar

Sift sugar and flour several times. Work butter into flour and sugar with cake spoon. Knead thoroughly. Roll one inch thick, cut into rounds, score with a fork and bake in a moderate oven till golden brown.

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