Sponge Drops
Use rule for [Lady Fingers]. Drop from a tablespoon in rounds the size of a silver dollar on buttered sheet. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake as [Lady Fingers].
Sugar Cookies
- ½ cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon milk
flavoring
2 eggs
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
Cream butter; add sugar, yolks well beaten, flour, baking powder, and salt, milk, and whites beaten to a stiff froth, and enough more flour to make of consistency to roll. Cut off a small piece of dough, roll on floured board, sprinkle with granulated sugar, shape with cooky cutter, and bake ten minutes. Save all trimmings until the last. Do not mix trimmings with fresh dough.
Soft Sugar Cookies
- 1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
4 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon lemon extract
Cream the butter, add sugar, and when creamy the remaining ingredients. Chill. Roll, cut in rounds and bake in a quick oven.
Sand Cookies
- ½ cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon mixed with
4 tablespoons sugar
½ cup blanched almonds