Butter Wafers & Frosting

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 cup melted butter

3/4 cup brown sugar, packed

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

Combine flour, baking powder & stir lightly.

Pour melted butter in mixing bowl, beat in brown sugar.

When well mixed add egg & beat good.  Add vanilla then flour.

Beat good & when smooth, put in fridge for about 15 minutes.

Drop by 1/2 tsp & bake for 6 or 7 min in 325 or 350 oven.

Combine in deep bowl

1 egg white unbeaten

 few grains salt

3/4 cup white sugar

1/4 tsp cream tartar

1/2 tsp vanilla

Add 1/3 cup boiling water & beat until frosting stands in peaks.

Make sure water is boiling hard.

Oatmeal Shortbread

1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Sift together.

1 1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup rolled oats

Oven 300 degrees

All dry ingredients
Cream shortening & sugar
Vanilla & rolled oats
Knead until smooth

Chill 3 hours or all night

Cook 20 minutes, put 1 inch apart
Makes 80 cookies

Louise's Short Bread

1 cup butter, beat til light
1/2 cup icing sugar.  Beat again good.

Sift & add
3/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup flour
Mix real well.
Don't roll to(o) thin
350 oven for cooking till real light color

Chicken from Doris E

Fry chicken til brown, then pour a little water on it.  Cook for while, then if cold, add condensed veg(etable) chicken soup or just chicken condensed.  Warm up all this, chicken is beautiful, also fry liver & then put tin soup over it & stew or boil slowly for hour or so & serve.  It's beautiful soft & tender.

Boiled Mustard For Ham

2 tbsp flour
1 1/2 tsp mustard
1 level tsp tumeric
1 level tsp curry powder (optional)
1 tsp salt
1 egg                                piece butter**
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
Mix all dry ingredients together
Then liquid so it don't go lumpy.
Cook till clear.  Bottle.

**Does this mean a "piece of butter" the size of an egg, or a spoonful, or what? 

Wall Paper Cleaner

From Ella

Mix 3 cups flour
with 1 1/2 cups cold water
6 tbsp salt
6 tbsp vinegar
3 tbsp coal oil

Ammonia may be added in small amount.
Cook over slow fire stirring all the time till cooked well
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Shape into balls that can be used in the hand to clean the paper.

Sweet Tart Pastry

Radio, March 1968

1/2 cup soft margarine or butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 cup flour
2 tbsp milk

Beat butter, sugar til light
Beat in egg yolk - add flour then milk
Refrigerate 1 hour
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Roll out, cut, put in tart shells
Put in fridge 15 minutes
Bake in oven 10-15 minutes
Cool 5 min before taking them out of tart tins
Oven 375
Fill with anything required.  Do not put back in oven.

To Unshrink Sweaters

1 tsp Borax dissolved in hot water.  Rinse sweater in this, add gallon water warm.  Then rinse in gal water 2 tbsp of vinegar added.  Rinse & pull to shape gently.  Dry.

Mystery Cake

1 cup margarine
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tbsp brown sugar
Mix & press into pan & lightly brown.

Mix & put on base while hot
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 cup coconut
1 cup wlanuts
2 eggs
Bake at 350F til set in center.

Tutti Frutti Cake

1/4 cup walnuts
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup dates
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup boiling water poured over the above.  Let cool.

1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup margarine
2 eggs
1/4 cup nuts
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
rind of 1 lemon

Bake at 350 in loaf pan for 40 minute.  While hot, take juice of 1 lemon & 1/4 cup white sugar.  Mix together & spread on hot cake.