“It seems your mother does not know What youngsters like to eat, It surely is high time, I think, That she and I should meet!” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUGAR COOKIES ½ cup shortening 1½ cups sugar ¼ cup milk 2 eggs ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg 1 teaspoon vanilla or grated rind of 1 lemon 3 to 4 cups flour ½ teaspoon salt 2½ teaspoons Dr. Price’s Baking Powder Cream shortening and sugar together; add milk to beaten eggs and beat again; add slowly to creamed shortening and sugar; add flavoring; add 2 cups of measured flour sifted with salt, baking powder and nutmeg; add enough more flour to roll easily. Roll out thin on floured board; cut with any fancy-shaped cooky cutter; sprinkle with granulated sugar or put a raisin or nut in the center of each. Bake about 10 minutes in moderate oven (380°). For Chocolate Cookies put aside portion of the dough before adding all the flour and add 2 tablespoons cocoa to each cup of cooky dough. Makes 4 dozen cookies. _All measurements are level_ [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Soon, hearing all the rumpus Billy’s mother came to see To whom her son was talking And what all the noise could be. When Hun Bun spied her, he remarked In accents sharp and biting, “No wonder that your boy won’t eat, His food’s so uninviting. “Your son wants cookies, buns and cake, And other things that mothers make.” Bill’s mother, looking apprehensive, Remarked, “But cakes are so expensive.” “Not so!” quoth Hun Bun drawing forth A brightly colored book, “Use Dr. Price’s Baking Powder, Hereafter when you cook!” Then Hun Bun gaily doffed his crown And with a bow quite comical, He told her, “You will find it good And very economical. “But now we must depart and so We’ll bid you a good-night, For Bill and I are going to try To find his appetite.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BUTTERSCOTCH CURLS (_see illustration below_) 2 cups flour 4 teaspoons Dr. Price’s Baking Powder ⅔ teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons shortening ⅔ cup milk Butter Brown sugar