Working Directions To Be Furnished By All Odd Numbered Girls

In today's lesson you are to prepare the peanut cookies, while your partner prepares the Boston cookies.

See Recipe on Front Page.

Measure the butter into your bowl.

Work it with your wooden spoon until creamy.

Measure and add the sugar gradually.

Measure and add the well beaten egg. Beat until creamy, then add the milk.

Measure, mix and sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Add it to the butter and sugar mixture. See FIGURE 1.

Measure and add the peanuts and lemon juice. Beat the mixture thoroughly.

Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls onto an unbuffered pan about 2 inches apart. See FIGURE 2.

Put 1/2 peanut on top of each in the center. Bake from 12 to 15 minutes in a slow oven.

You are to WIPE the dishes today, according to directions already learned.

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 2.

Note Book Work

Peanut Cookies

MATERIALS:

2 Tablespoons Butter. 1/4 Cup Sugar.

1 Egg, Well Beaten. 1/2 Cup Flour. 1/2 Teaspoon Lemon Juice.

1 Teaspoon Baking Powder. 1/4 Teaspoon Salt. 2 1/2 Tablespoons Milk. 3/4 Cup Chopped Peanuts.

Working Directions

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually; add well beaten egg. Mix and sift baking powder, salt and flour; add to first mixture; then add milk, peanuts and lemon juice. Drop from the tip of a spoon on an unbuffered baking sheet 1 inch apart, and place 1/2 peaunt on top of each. Bake 12 to 15 minutes in a slow oven. This makes 24 cookies.

Cost of preparing Home Recipe for Peanut Cookies:

Working Directions To Be Followed By All Even Numbered Girls

In today's lesson you are to prepare the Boston Cookies.

See Recipe on Front Page.

Measure and cut the raisins (see FIGURE 1) and nuts into small pieces.

Measure the butter into your bowl. (See FIGURE 2.) Cream it with a wooden spoon.

Add sugar gradually, continue creaming.

Measure and add the beaten egg.

Beat until creamy, measure the hot water, add soda to it and pour it into the creamed sugar mixture.

Measure, mix and sift the flour, salt and cinnamon, add 1/2 of it to the creamed sugar mixture. Add the nuts and raisins to the remaining half and cut it in with a knife.

Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls onto a buttered baking sheet. Drop these about 2 inches apart. See FIGURE 3.

Bake in a moderately hot oven about 15 minutes.

You are to WASH the dishes today according to directions already learned.

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 3.

Home Recipes

Boston Cookies

MATERIALS

2/3 Cup Butter.

1 Cup Sugar.

2 Eggs.

2/3 Teaspoon Soda. 1 Tablespoon Hot Water.

2 1/4 Cups Flour. 1/3 Teaspoon Salt.

1 Teaspoon Cinnamon. 1/2 to 1 Cup Chopped Nuts. 1/3 Cup Raisins.

Working Directions

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and eggs well beaten. Add soda dissolved in water, 1/2 flour mixed and sifted with salt and cinnamon. Then add nut meat and fruit mixed with remaining flour. Drop by spoonfuls onto a buttered tin, 1 inch apart, and bake in a moderately hot oven.

Almond Cookies

1/2 Cup Butter. 1/2 Cup Sugar.

1 Beaten Egg. 1/2 Cup Finely Chopped Almonds.

1 Teaspoon Cinnamon.

1/2 Teaspoon Cloves.

Grated Rind 1/2 Lemon.

2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice. 1/4 Teaspoon Soda.

2 Cups Flour.

Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually, add well beaten eggs, chopped almonds, lemon rind, lemon juice, flour, seasonings and soda mixed and sifted. Roll to 1/4 inch thickness, cut into desired shapes and bake in a moderate oven.

Questions

1. Why are nut cookies nourishing?

2. For what may nuts be substituted in our diet?

3. In what food element are nuts rich?

4. How should nuts be prepared for eating?

5. Name 3 kinds of nuts and their composition.

6. Name 3 recipes prepared with nuts.

7. Were your cookies good today?

8. Under what food heading does sugar belong?

9. What does sugar do in the body?

10. In what are nuts rich?

11. What is the chief duty of proteins in the body?

12. What is the chief duty of fat in the body?

13. What is the chief duty of carbohydrates in the body?

14. Name 3 carbohydrate foods.

15. Name 3 protein foods.

SUGGESTIONS FOR HOME APPLICATION. WALNUT BREAD.

4 Cups Flour. 1 1/2 Tablespoons Baking Powder. 1/2 Teaspoon Salt. 1 Cup Chopped Walnuts.

1/2 Cup Raisins. 3/4 Cup Sugar.

1 Beaten Egg. 1 1/2 Cups Milk.

Mix and sift flour, baking powder and salt. To 1/2 of it add the nuts and raisins, mix. To the beaten egg add the sugar gradually, continue beating, then add the milk. Add this to the remaining sifted flour; stir in the floured raisins and nuts. Put in well greased pans, let stand 20 minutes and bake 60 minutes in a moderate oven.

Vegetarian Meat Loaf

2 Cups Dried Crumbs. 1 Cup Nut Butter. 1 Beaten Egg. 1/2 Teaspoon Sage.

1 Teaspoon Salt. 1/8 Teaspoon Celery Salt. Few Grains Pepper. 1 Tablespoon Chopped Parsley.

Milk or water to moisten

Mix ingredients in order given. Knead and shape into a loaf, put into a well greased pan; bake, basting often.