Sift together the soda, spices, salt, and flour. Cream the butter, add sugar, apple sauce, dry ingredients, and seeded raisins. Bake in a moderate oven. Buckwheat Cookies (8) Butterine, 1/2 cup Sugar, 1 cup Eggs, 2 Clove, 1/2 teaspoon Buckwheat, 1 3/4 cups Salt, 1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon Beat the eggs, add the sugar and melted butter, and beat until thoroughly mixed. Sift the buckwheat, spices, and salt together and add very slowly. Mix well; roll on a floured board one-eighth to one-sixteenth inch thick. Cut the cookies and bake on a greased baking sheet in a moderate oven about 10 minutes. Honey Bran Cookies (5) Bran, 3 cups Sugar, 1/2 cup Soda, 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon Ginger, 1/4 teaspoon Honey, 1/2 cup Milk, 1/2 cup Melted butter, 1/2 cup Soft Honey Cake (5) Butter, 1/2 cup Honey, 1 cup Egg, 1 Sour milk, 1/2 cup Soda, 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon Ginger, 1/2 teaspoon Flour, 4 cups Rub the butter and honey together; add the egg well beaten, then the sour milk and the flour sifted with the soda and spices. Bake in a shallow pan. Molasses Cakes (4) Sugar, 1/2 cup Fat, 1/2 cup Molasses, 1 cup Ginger, 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon Egg, 1 Flour, 2 1/2 cups Soda, 2 teaspoons Hot water, 1 cup Salt, 1/2 teaspoon Sift together the salt, sugar, flour, soda, and spices. Melt butter in hot water, add molasses, egg well beaten, and dry ingredients. Mix well. Bake in small cup cake tins in a moderate oven for about 25 minutes. Molasses Cookies (11) Flour, 2-3/4 cups Salt, 1 teaspoon Soda, 1 teaspoon Ginger, 1 tablespoon Molasses, 1 cup Hot water, 1 tablespoon Hardened vegetable fat, 1/4 cup Sift together the flour, salt, soda, and ginger. Melt fat; add hot water and molasses; stir this liquid gradually into the dry ingredients. Chill. Roll on floured board to one-eighth inch thickness. Cut. Bake about 10 minutes in a moderate oven (360-380° F.). Nut Molasses Bars (9) Oleomargarine, 1/4 cup Hardened vegetable fat, 1/4 cup Boiling water, 1/4 cup Brown sugar, 1/2 cup Molasses, 1/2 cup Soda, 1 teaspoon Flour, 3-2/3 cups Ginger, 1/3 teaspoon Cloves, 1/8 teaspoon Salt, 1 teaspoon Cocoanut, 1/2 cup English walnuts, 1/2 cup Pour boiling water over fat; add sugar and molasses; add flour, soda, spices, and salt sifted together. Chill. Roll one-eighth inch thick. Cut in strips about three and a half by one inch. Sprinkle with cocoanut and English walnuts cut in small pieces. Bake about 10 minutes in a moderate oven. Oatmeal Cookies (4) Egg, 1 Sugar, 1/4 cup Milk, 1/2 cup Water, 1/4 cup Flour, 2 cups Fine oatmeal, 1/2 cup Baking powder, 2 teaspoons Salt, 1 teaspoon Raisins, 1 cup Melted fat, 5 tablespoons