Nut Cookies (Three dozen cookies)
1/3 C-butter and lard mixed
2/3 C-"C" sugar
1 egg
4 T-milk
2 C-flour
2 t-baking powder
1/3 C-chopped nut-meats (preferably black walnuts)
1 t-powdered cinnamon
¼ t-powdered cloves
¼ t-mace
¼ t-nutmeg
Cream the butter, add the sugar and mix well. Add the egg and milk and then the flour, nuts, cinnamon, cloves, mace, nutmeg and baking powder. Place the dough on a floured board. Roll it out one-fourth of an inch thick and cut with a cooky cutter. Place on a well-buttered and floured baking sheet. Bake twelve minutes in a moderate oven.
Maple Fudge (Eight portions)
¼ lb. maple sugar
2 C-granulated sugar
¼ t-cream of tartar
2 T-butter
2/3 C-milk
Mix all the ingredients in the order named. Cook until the candy forms a soft ball when a little is dropped in a glass of cold water. Remove from the fire and let it cool. When cool, beat until it becomes creamy. Pour into a buttered plate.
CHAPTER LXXX
A DINNER FOR THE BRIDAL PARTY