by Mary Swartz Rose
- Hot mashed potatoes, 1½ cups
- Sugar, 1½ cups
- Beef or mutton fat, 1 cup
- Flour, 1¾ cups
- Baking powder, 2 teaspoons
- Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon
- Cloves, ½ teaspoon
- Nutmeg, ½ teaspoon
- Raisins, chopped, ½ cup
- Nuts, chopped, ¼ cup
Combine the ingredients in the order given and drop the mixture by spoonfuls on a slightly greased tin. Bake the cookies in a moderate oven.
(Originally from: Waste of Meat in the Home, Cornell Reading Course for the Farm Home, Lesson 109)
This recipe is from a book I recently submitted to PG. It’s full of advice and recipes on how to live “wheatless” and “meatless” and economically scientifically.
I can’t decide if I would like these cookies or not, but I would definitely leave out the raisins.