TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min. AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2½″ cookies. PRETTY FOR PARTIES _All you have to do—_to make Petticoat Tails match your color scheme: Tint the dough with a few drops of red food coloring and use rose flavoring for a pink party. Use wintergreen flavoring and a few drops of green coloring for a green party. [Illustration] =MISCELLANEOUS= COOKIES [Sidenote: Popular through the years ...] SNICKERDOODLES _Fun to say ... to sniff ... to eat!_ _Pat Roth of our Staff said, “It’s one of my happy childhood memories. My mother would be baking when we came home from school and we would have Snickerdoodles hot out of the oven with a glass of milk.”_ Mix together thoroughly ... 1 cup soft shortening 1½ cups sugar 2 eggs Sift together and stir in ... 2¾ cups _sifted_ GOLD MEDAL Flour 2 tsp. cream of tartar 1 tsp. soda ½ tsp. salt Chill dough. Roll into balls the size of small walnuts. Roll in mixture of 2 tbsp. sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Place about 2″ apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned ... but still soft. (These cookies puff up at first ... then flatten out with crinkled tops.) TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven). TIME: Bake 8 to 10 min. AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2″ cookies. GOLD COOKIES _Really awfully good ... and they use up those extra egg yolks!_ Mix together thoroughly ... ½ cup soft shortening 1½ cups sugar 4 egg yolks Stir in ... 2 tbsp. milk 1 tsp. vanilla Sift together and stir in ... 1½ cups _sifted_ GOLD MEDAL Flour ½ tsp. baking powder ¼ tsp. salt Chill dough. Roll into balls the size of walnuts ... then roll balls in a mixture of ¾ cup finely chopped nuts and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Place 3″ apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until golden brown ... but still soft. TEMPERATURE: 400° (mod. hot oven). TIME: Bake 12 to 15 min. AMOUNT: About 5 doz. 2″ cookies. ★ MOLASSES CRINKLES _Thick, chewy, with crackled, sugary tops._ _When served at Mrs. Fred Fredell’s in St. Paul, Minnesota, they were so delicious I begged the recipe. Thanks to her, thousands of homes have enjoyed these spicy cookies._ Mix together thoroughly ... ¾ cup soft shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg ¼ cup molasses Sift together and stir in ... 2¼ cups _sifted_ GOLD MEDAL Flour 2 tsp. soda ¼ tsp. salt ½ tsp. cloves 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ginger Chill dough. Roll into balls the size of large walnuts. Dip tops in sugar. Place, sugared-side-up, 3″ apart on greased baking sheet. Sprinkle each cooky with 2 or 3 drops of water to produce a crackled surface. Bake just until set but not hard. TEMPERATURE: 375° (quick mod. oven). TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min. AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2½″ cookies. WASHBOARDS _Coconut-taffy bars._ Mix together thoroughly ... 1 cup soft shortening (half butter) 2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs Stir in ... 1 tsp. soda dissolved in ¼ cup hot water 1 tsp. vanilla Sift together and stir in ...