EQUIVALENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

NUTS IN SHELLSHELLED NUTS
ALMONDS1 lb. = 1 cup nut meats1 lb. = 3½ cups nut meats
PECANS1 lb. = 2¼ cups nut meats1 lb. = 4 cups nut meats
PEANUTS1 lb. = 2 cups nut meats1 lb. = 3 cups nut meats
WALNUTS1 lb. = 2 cups nut meats1 lb. = 4 cups nut meats
= = = =
1 CUP WHOLE
SHELLED NUTS		brokencut-upcoarsely chopped
minus 1 tbsp.		finely chopped
⅞ CUP
WHOLEPITTEDCUT-UPFINELY CUT
DATES1 lb. = 2¼ cups2 cups1¾ cups1½ cups
PRUNES1 lb. = 2⅓ cups3½ cups (cooked)3 cups (cooked)2⅞ cups (cooked)
FIGS1 lb. = 2¾ cups——2⅔ cups2½ cups
RAISINS15-oz. pkg. = 2¾ cups——2¾ cups2½ cups

Some of the sweetest memories of Home are bound up with Mother’s Cooky Jar. Long after the spicy fragrance of her ginger cookies baking has faded into the years ... the thought of that ample cooky jar on the shelf will bring back vividly the old-time peace ... and comfort ... and security of Home. Every Home should have a cooky jar!

Hidden Treasures for the Toddlers
Monkey-Faced Cookies [19]
Sugar Cookies [30]
Molasses Crinkles [25]
Peanut Butter Cookies [40]
Brown Sugar Drops [16]
Old-Time Cinnamon Jumbles [20]
Washboards [25]
“Tea-Off” with Cookies (for tea)
Stone Jar Molasses Cookies [34]
Butter Cookies [31] and [43]
Lemon Sugar Cookies [30]
Chocolate Pinwheels [30]
Petticoat Tails [24]
New Northland Cookies [23]
Dainty Tea Brownies [26]
Thumbprint Cookies [41]
English Tea Cakes [41]
Lemon Snowdrops [41]
3-in-1 Jumbles [20]
Macaroons [21]
For Hungry Home-Comers
Hermits [17]
Gingies [34]
Busy-Day Nut Drops [16]
Snickerdoodles [25]
Chocolate Cream Drops [18]
Oatmeal Drop Cookies [19]
Spiced Prune Drops [17]
Wheaties Drop Cookies [17]
Lunch Box Surprises (taste-thrillers all!)
Salted Peanut Cookies [16]
Brownies [26]
Monkey-Faced Cookies [19]
Applesauce Cookies [17]
Fig Bars [32]
Plantation Fruit Bars [26]
Tutti-Frutti Surprises [27]
Glazed Orange Jumbles [20]
Prune-Orange Bars [29]
Put a “Lift” in Simple Desserts
Brazil or Pecan Jumbles [20]
Coconut Cream Drops [18]
Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies [22]
Orange-Almond Refrigerator Cookies [22]
Butterscotch Cookies with Burnt Butter Icing [18]
Date-Apricot Bars [29]
Picnic Stars (under any skies)
Chocolate Cream Drops [18]
Oatmeal Refrigerator Cookies [24]
Coconut-Lemon Bars [28]
Frosted Gingies [34]
Fruit-and-Nut Drops [18]
Filled Cookies [32]
Peanut Macaroons [21]
Say “MERRY CHRISTMAS” with Cookies
Holiday Fruit Cookies [16]
Berliner Kranser [42]
Poinsettias [32]
Zucker Hütchen (“Little Sugar Hats”) [38]
Scotch Shortbread [39]
Hazelnut Bars [29]
Mandel Kager (“Almond Cookies”) [42]
Lebkuchen [38]
Nurnberger [38]
Merry Christmas Cookies (Dark and Light) [37]
Spritz [43]
Jelly-Meringue-Filbert Bars [28]
Almond Wreaths [43]
Finska Kakor (“Finnish Cakes”) [39]
Sandbakelser (“Sand Tarts”) [39]
Almond Crescents [41]
Quick Cure for Homesickness (send plenty to divvy up)
Date-and-Nut Squares [27]
Hermits [17]
Chocolate Chip Cookies [20]
Filled Cookies [32]
Date-Apricot Bars [29]
Chocolate-Frosted Brownies [26]
Ginger Creams [19]
His Mother’s Oatmeal Cookies [33]
Fun for the Youngsters (“tricks or treats” for Hallowe’en)
Animal Cookies [37]
Wheaties-Coconut Macaroons [21]
Cookies with Faces [31]
Decorated Party Cookies (place cards, etc.) [31]
Jewelled Cookies [27]
Chocolate Cream Drops [18]
Chocolate Pinwheels [30]
Gingerbread Boys [34]
Bedtime Snacks (for light refreshment)
Brown Sugar Drops [16]
Sugar Jumbles [20]
Coffee-and-Spice Drops [17]
Ginger Refrigerator Cookies [23]
Gold Cookies [25]
Honey Peanut Butter Cookies [40]
Coconut Jumbles [20]
Mincemeat Cookies [17]
Date-Oatmeal Cookies [40]
Beau-Catchers (and Husband-Keepers)
Date-and-Nut Squares [27]
Ginger Creams [19]
Chocolate-Frosted Brownies [26]
His Mother’s Oatmeal Cookies [33]
Nut Sugar Cookies [30]
Date-Nut Refrigerator Cookies [22]
Matrimonial Cake (Date Bars) [29]
Chocolate Chip Cookies [20]
Toffee-Nut Bars [28]
Say It with Cookies (for birthdays, sick friends, etc.)
Russian Tea Cakes [42]
Butter Fingers [41]
Walnut Squares [27]
Little Sugar Hats [38]
Filled Cookies in Fancy Shapes [32]
Almond Wreaths [43]
Orange-Chocolate Chip Cookies [20]
Rich Sugar Cookies [30]

CLIP AND FILE at end of this chapter new cooky recipes from Gold Medal ads and from recipe folders in every sack of Gold Medal Flour.

“Cooky Shines”

Won’t you come into our Kitchen and join us in our “Cooky Shines?” That used to mean tea parties—but it’s what we call our Staff sessions of cooky baking. We have lots of fun trying out all the delicious cookies that come to us from many lands. I’d like to show you some of the cookies most popular with Staff members and friends who have shared their favorite recipes with us. You’ll see many varieties in the color picture on the next page. Please take a look—then turn back.

New, Easy, Double-Quick Way

Don’t all those cookies look tempting? And they’re ever so easy to make! For we’ve worked out a new simplified method—a double-quick method! Takes less than half the usual mixing time! Would you like to know the secret? Then turn to the step-by-step pictures following. Imagine you are standing right beside one of our Staff while she makes cookies. Could anything be easier? There’s no laborious creaming, no separate beating of eggs, only one bowl! Just a few simple basic steps.

More and Better Help

Now turn to the recipe pages, and have the fun of making the many different types of cookies. You’ll find all the little pointers you would notice if you were right in our kitchen. For instance, there’s a brand-new feature which I think will be a big help to you. We tell how to judge when the cookies are done. And don’t miss the recipes marked with a ★! They are special favorites with our Staff!

The “Key” Recipe Makes You Master of Many

You’ll love the new plan of key recipes with variations. When you master the key (

) recipe you’ll automatically know how to make several different kinds of cookies. And notice that each recipe calls for our all-purpose Gold Medal “Kitchen-tested” Enriched Flour. This is to safeguard your results.

Because you see, every recipe has been developed with and for this particular flour—and tested in representative homes—with Gold Medal. It gives that moist, full-flavored quality everyone wants in cookies.

Recipes Fit the Needs

The recipes are given in practical amounts for average families. Those for everyday cookies, and holiday cookies that keep well, make enough so you won’t have to bake too often. Recipes for the richer, dainty cookies make enough for special occasions.

Happy Memories

We’ve tried to include all the hints, shortcuts and tricks that save you time and work so you can delight your family with new treats each week. Cookies bring such a big reward in cheer and satisfaction! They make hospitality so easy! Invite your friends to join you for “Cooky Shines” in your kitchen and you’ll be giving them happy memories they’ll all cherish as long as they live!