It’s Time For Christmas Cookies
(By Cecily Brownsione)
(<7P> Food Editor)
All of these cookies will keep
fresh for days if stored properly
—and that means in a tightly
closed tin box. Be sure to store
soft cookies in one tightly closed
container, crisp cookies separate
ly in another. And are they ever
delicious! Each variety has its
unique flavor.
Coconut Squares
112 cups sified all-purpose
flour, 12 cup sugar, 1 3 cup but
ter or margarine, 3 tablespoons
old-fa hioned dark molasses.
For Topping: 2 eggs (beaten*,
1 '* i cup sugar, 3 tablespoons sifted
all-purpose flour, teaspoon sale,
Vi teaspoon baking powder, 1/3
cup chopped nut meats, 1 cup
shredded coconut.
For Crust—Sift flour and sugar
together. Cut butter or margarine
to make crumb consistency. Add
molasses; mix well, and pat into
an ungreased 8 x 12-inch pan.
Bake 10 to 15 minutes in a mod
erate <350°) oven. The ton of the
crust will be slightly soft, but do
not increase baking time.
For Topping—Mix the eggs,
sugar, flour, salt, baking powder,
molasses, nut meats, *and coconut.
Bake in a moderate <350°) oven
for 25 minutes. The top will be
slightly soft, but do not increase
baking time, eave in pan to cool.
Cut into 36 squares.
Molasses Crisps
Ingredients: 3 cups sifted all
purpose flour, Va cup sugar, 1 tea
spoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon
salt, 2 teaspoons ginger, 2 tea
spoons cinnamon, % cup shorten
ing Wi cups old-fashioned molas
ses (heated).
Method: Sift together the flour,
sugar, baking soda, salt, ginger,
and cinnamon. Cut shortening in
to mixture to resemble crumbs.
Stir in warm molasses. For drop
cookies drop Vt* teaspoon batter at
a time onto greased cookie sheets:
flatten tops to 1 s-inch thickness
with a glass covered with a damp
cloth. Bake in a moderately hot
(400°) oven for 7 to ?, minutes. For
rolled cookies chill dough until
stiff enough to roll 'about 4 hours
or overnight).Roll on lightly flour
ed board and shape wdth cooky
cutters. Decorate as desired wdth
colored sugar, nuts, or dried or
candied fruit. Bake as for drop
cookies above. Makes 7 dozen
cookies.
Christmas Cookie Canes
Ingredients: cup softened
butter or margarine. Vi teaspoon
salt, 2 teaspoons almond flavor
( ing, Vi cup sifted confectioners’
| sugar. Vs cup old-fashioned mo
I lasses, Vi cup finely chopped nut
meats, 2Vi cups sifted all-purpose
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flour.
Method: Cream together butter
or margarine, salt, almond flavor
ing. and sugar. Add the molasses
! ancTnut meats. Stir flour into mix
ture, about 3 tablespoons at a time.
| Chill dough until it is stiff enough
j to handle. Shape small pieces of
dough to resemble candy canes,
i keeping hands and board dusted
I with confectioners’ sugar instead
of flour. Bake on lightylgreased
cookie sheets in a slow '325°) oven
for 15 to 20 minutes or until light- |
ly browned. Cool on pan 1 min
ute before removing to wire cake
cooler. When cold, decorate as
. follows: Sift confectioners’ sugar
and measure 1 cup for use: stir in |
5 teaspoons water. Spread over
cookies with a paring knife; place
| on wire cake cooler for icing to
harden. Then stripe with red and
green icing made as follows: For
each color stripe desired, stir 2
teaspoons water and 1 drop veg- j
etable coloring into cup sifted |
confectioners’ sugar. Drip icing
across caakie canes from end of
teaspoon or paring knife to form
stripes. If desired, use pastry tube
for striping canes.
HONOR MRS. D. C. JAMISON
AT TEA ON SATURDAY
Mrs. D. C. Jamison, wife of the
commanding officer of Marks Air
Force Base, Col. D. C. Jamison,
was honored last Saturday after
noon with a tea at the residence of
Mrs. Stanley Morgan, wife of
Capt. Stanley Morgan, local head
of the Alaska Communications
System.
Pouring at a beautifully set tea
table, during the afternoon were
Mrs. H. F. Harper, Mrs. John Mc
Nees, Mrs. Conrad Yennev, and
Mrs. W. Angell.
The guests not only enjoyed
meeting Mrs. Jamison who ar
rived here recently w'ith her three
children from California, but also
took the opportunity of seeing the
modern appointments of the new
Morgan residence and its many j
up-to-date coveniences.
FISHERMEN'S LUCK
HAMBURG. (JP)—“Fishing ;
mitted only with rod and signa
ture of the mayor,” says a sign
on a small lake near Hamburg.
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WASHINGTON, </P) — Produc
tion of the nation’s gold m.nes was
larger in October than in any
month since September. 1943.
This was reported last .veek by
the bureau of mines, which placed
the October production at 203.442
fine ounces, or 11 per cent more
than in September, 1949.
“A 72 per cent increase in out
put from Alaska caused by the
seasonal nature of gold mining op
erations in that region was the
most important reason for the Oc
tober rise,” the bureau said.
Other production gains over
September, 1949, were South Da
kota, 5 per cent; California, 3 per
cent; Arizona, 10 per cent, and
Washington 2 per cent.
Production declined 8 per cent
in Utah, 23 per cent in Colorado,
4 per cent in Idaho and fi per cent
in Nevada.
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