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THINGS MOTHER USED TO MAKE
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Nut Cake

1 Cupful of Sugar 1 Teaspoonful of Cream
½ Cupful of Butter of Tartar
½ Cupful of Milk ½ Teaspoonful of Soda
2 Eggs 1 Cupful of Hickory Nut
2 Cupfuls of Flour Meats, or English
Walnuts

Cream the butter and sugar together, then add the well-beaten eggs and milk and put the soda and cream of tartar into the flour. Stir all together, adding nut meats, covered with flour, last.

Oatmeal Cookies

2 Eggs ⅔ Cupful of Cocoanut
1 Cupful of Sugar ¼ Teaspoonful of Salt
1½ Cupfuls of Oatmeal ½ Teaspoonful of Vanilla
or Rolled Oats 2 Tablespoonfuls of But-
ter

Cream the butter and sugar together and add the well-beaten eggs. Add the remainder of the ingredients and drop on a well-greased baking-pan. Bake in a moderate oven, from fifteen to twenty minutes.