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So my father's been begging me to type these extremely old recipes for ages.... and today I am just bored enough to start the task (technically he handed them to me and gave me early computer privileges), since I must type them I might as well share them with people who can possibly actually cook, since I can't do that too well. Everything typed is exactly what was written on the cards and that may occasionally include where, when, and whom she got them from and this is only the first edition... there's more cards here than I can type this evening.

Bird's Nest Leonora
Cover bottom of a casserole with apples which have been cored and quartered.
1 egg
1/2cup sugar
1 cup flour
2tsp baking powder
1/2 cup milk
Bake at 350* (325* in glass casserole) for one hour.
Serve with "Sauce for Bird's Nest"

Sauce For Bird's Nest Leonora
1cup sugar
2tbs flour
1/2 cup butter (cream the 3 ingredients)
grated nutmeg
2cups boiling water
vanilla
lemon juice or 1tsp vinegar-if more tarty taste desired.
Serve over "Bird's Nest" or apple cake

Sea Foam
2cups sugar
1/2cup corn syrup
1/2cup water
1cup nuts
2 egg whites
1tsp flavoring
Boil sugar, syrup, & water until the hard ball stage.
Pour over beaten egg whites using rotary beater.
When stiff enough, drop by spoon onto paper.

Marshmallows X
2cups sugar
3/4cup water
1/4tsp salt
1/2tsp vanilla
2tbs Knox gelatin in 1/2cup cold water.
Boil sugar and water until it makes soft ball in water.
Dissolve gelatin in 1/2cup cold water & spread at bottom of the dish in which you intend to beat.
Pour the syrup over this mixture & stir until dissolved.
Let partially cool. Then beat until very stiff & will stand up in peaks.
Add vanilla and salt. *my grandmother used that a lot in desserts she made, so this may be hers. The exact amounts for the two ingredients will never be entirely sure because she added them by eye. Typically the salt was measured by filling the small middle of the palm and the vanilla by a small dose *
Pour into square tin with straight up and down sides which has been thoroughly lined with corn starch & powdered sugar.
Let stand in a cool place (not in refrigerator) until firmly set.
Then remove from tin onto wax paper covered with powdered sugar & corn starch.
Cut with scissors & roll each piece in the mixture of powdered sugar & corn starch.
Use about equal portions of powdered sugar & corn starch.

Mincemeat Mambos Kellogg's 1965
3cups sifted flour
2tsp baking powder
1tsp salt
1cup butter or margarine
2cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1cup Kellogg's All-Bran
1tsp vanilla
2cups prepared mincemeat
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt.
Blend butter & sugar.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Stir in All-Bran, vanilla & mincemeat.
Add sifted dry ingredients; mix well.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets.
Bake in moderately hot oven (400*) about 15 minutes.
Yields: about 6 dozen cookies, 2 1/2 in diameter.

Molasses Cookies Mabel Putney
1cup sugar
1cup shortening
1cup molasses
1cup sour milk
2tsp soda
Place in mixing bowl and warm so the shortening is melted.
Then add 1 egg & 1 tsp cinnamon & cloves.
Add 4cups flour and let stand over night in a cool place.

Chocolate Meringue Cookies
1/2cup shortening
1/2cup white sugar
1/2cup brown sugar
1tsp salt
2 egg yolks
1tbs cold water
2cups flour
1tsp baking powder
1/2tsp soda
Put in pan and spread with chocolate chips and nuts.
Beat 2 egg whites & 1cup brown sugar.
Spread over the cookie batter.
Bake at 400*.

Toll House Cookies Hershey 12oz.
1cup butter
1cup white sugar
1cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1tsp soda in 1tbs hot water
3 1/2cups flour
1tsp salt
1tsp vanilla
2-7oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1cup nuts (optional)
Bake at 400*.
Makes 90-100 cookies.

Refrigerator Date Pinwheels L.L.P. _ G.H.K.
Date Filling:
2 1/4cups chopped dates
1cup granulated sugar
1cup water
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Boil these thick.
Add 1cup chopped nuts & cool.

1cup shortening
2cups brown sugar
3 eggs well beaten
4 cups sifted flour
1/2tsp salt
1/2tsp baking soda
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Chill.
Divide in two parts & roll out to form rectangles less than 1/4" thick.
Spread with "date filling" & roll up like a jelly roll.
Chill over night.
Cut with a sharp knife into slices 1/4" thick
Bake at 400* for 10-12 minutes.
Makes 5 dozen.
used:
xmas1982
xmas 1971

Oatmeal Cookies C.A.K.
2cups brown sugar
3/4 to 1cup butter
2 eggs
2cups dry oatmeal
2 1/2 to 3 cups flour
1 cup nuts or coconut
1tsp vanilla
pinch of salt
1tsp soda in hot water
1/2tsp cream of tartar
Oven at 400*
Drop on greased cookie pan.

Chop Suey (American Style) L.L.P.
3cups lean uncooked veal/chicken diced
1cup sliced onion
3cups bean sprouts
4tbs Chinese Soy Sauce
1tbs fat
4cups diced celery
3cups water
1 small tomato
1tbs corn starch
1 tbs Chinese Brown Sauce
sautee meat in fat until brown.
Add celery, onion, and water.
Cook until celery is tender, stirring occasionally.
Add diced tomato, bean sports & cook 3 minutes longer.
Mix corn starch, soy sauce, and brown sauce.
Stir into chop suey.
Cook about 1 minute longer until slightly thickened.
Serves 6-8.

Raisin Brownies Good House-Keeping
1/2cup shortening
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
1cup sugar
2 eggs well beaten
3/4cup sifted cake flour
1/4tsp baking powder
1/4tsp salt
3/4cup seedless raisins
Bake in 9"x9"x1 1/2" pan at 350* for 30 minutes.