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Nut Cake

• 1 Cupful of Sugar
• ½ Cupful of Butter
• ½ Cupful of Milk
• 2 Eggs
• 2 Cupfuls of Flour
• 1 Teaspoonful of Cream of Tartar
• ½ Teaspoonful of Soda
• 1 Cupful of Hickory Nut Meats, or English Walnuts

Cream the butter and sugar together, then add the well-beaten eggs and milk and put the soda and cream of tartar into the flour. Stir all together, adding nut meats, covered with flour, last.

Oatmeal Cookies

• 2 Eggs
• 1 Cupful of Sugar
• 1½ Cupfuls of Oatmeal or Rolled Oats
• ⅔ Cupful of Cocoanut
• ¼ Teaspoonful of Salt
• ½ Teaspoonful of Vanilla
• 2 Tablespoonfuls of Butter

Cream the butter and sugar together and add the well-beaten eggs. Add the remainder of the ingredients and drop on a well-greased baking-pan. Bake in a moderate oven, from fifteen to twenty minutes.