Filled Cookies
1/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3-1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
Cream shortening; add sugar, beaten egg, milk and vanilla; add flour, salt and baking powder, which have been sifted together. Roll out thin on slightly floured board and cut with cookie cutter. Place one teaspoon of filling on each cookie, cover with another cookie, press edges together. Bake in moderate oven 12 to 15 minutes.
FILLING
2 teaspoons flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup chopped raisins
1/2 cup chopped figs
Mix flour and sugar together; add water and fruit. Cook until thick, being very careful not to burn.
Marshmallow Cookies
Follow recipe for cookies. Roll slightly thicker. After removing from oven, cover with marshmallow icing, [page 17].
Fudge Squares
3 tablespoons shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 ounces melted unsweetened chocolate
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup nut meats chopped—not too fine
Melt shortening; add sugar and unbeaten egg; mix well; add chocolate, vanilla and milk; add flour which has been sifted with baking powder and salt; add nut meats, mix well. Spread thinly on greased shallow cake pan, and bake in slow oven 20 to 30 minutes. Cut into 2-inch squares before removing from pan.
Oatmeal Macaroons
1 cup sugar.
1 tablespoon melted shortening
2 eggs
3/4 teaspoon salt
2-1/2 cups rolled oats
2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream sugar with shortening; add egg yolks, salt and rolled oats; add baking powder, beaten egg whites and vanilla; mix thoroughly. Drop on greased tins about half teaspoon to each macaroon allowing space for spreading. Bake about 10 minutes in moderate oven.
Hermits
6 tablespoons shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1-1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup chopped seeded raisins
2 tablespoons chopped citron
Cream shortening; add sugar and beaten egg; mix well; add milk very slowly; sift flour, baking powder, salt and spices together and add slowly; add fruit dredged with flour. Drop from spoon on greased tins and bake in moderate oven 15 minutes.
Nut Bars
1/2 cup shortening
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
4 tablespoons milk
4 cups flour
3 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped blanched almonds
Cream shortening and sugar together; add beaten yolk of one egg; add beaten whites of two eggs and three tablespoons milk; mix well. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and add, mixing well. Roll half of dough at a time 1/4-inch thick on floured board; cut into bars 1 by 3 inches. Brush with yolk of remaining egg mixed with one tablespoon milk and sprinkle with chopped nuts. Bake in moderate oven about 15 minutes.
Fruit Shortcakes
Although strawberries are generally used, other fruits such as raspberries, blackberries, loganberries, bananas, peaches and oranges, and even stewed or canned fruit, can be substituted and make delicious short cakes.