COCOANUT COOKIES
- ¼ cup shortening
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice or extract
- ½ cup milk
- 1½ cups flour
- 3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups fresh grated cocoanut
Cream shortening; add sugar, beaten egg and lemon juice; mix in milk slowly; add flour, baking powder and salt which have been sifted together; add cocoanut. The batter should be quite stiff. Drop by small spoonfuls on greased pan. Do not smooth over, but allow space for spreading. Bake in moderate oven 15 to 20 minutes.
FUDGE SQUARES
- 3 tablespoons shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon Dr. Price's Baking Powder
- ½ cup nut meats chopped—not too fine
Melt shortening; add sugar and unbeaten egg; mix well; add chocolate which has been melted; vanilla and milk; add flour which has been sifted with the baking powder; add nut meats and mix well. Spread very thinly on greased shallow cake pan, and bake in slow oven from 20 to 30 minutes. Cut into 2-inch squares while still warm and before removing from pan.