Chill dough. Roll out ⅛″ thick. Cut into desired shapes. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned. When cool, and just before serving, put together in pairs with jelly or jam between. TEMPERATURE: 375° (quick mod. oven). TIME: Bake 10 to 12 min. AMOUNT: About 4 doz. 2½″ double cookies. [Sidenote: Old-time goodies every home should know.] ★ GINGIES ( (KEY) Recipe) _Soft and puffy ... true old-fashioned ginger cookies._ _A happy tradition at the famous Girard College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The boys hoard them ... old grads long for them._ Mix together thoroughly ... ⅓ cup soft shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1½ cups black molasses Stir in ... ½ cup cold water Sift together and stir in ... 6 cups _sifted_ GOLD MEDAL Flour 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. allspice 1 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp. cinnamon Stir in ... 2 tsp. soda dissolved in 3 tbsp. cold water Chill dough. Roll out very thick (½″). Cut with 2½″ round cutter. Place far apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake until, when touched lightly with finger, no imprint remains. TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven). TIME: Bake 15 to 18 min. AMOUNT: 2⅔ doz. fat, puffy 2½″ cookies. [Illustration] FROSTED GINGIES Follow (KEY) recipe above—and frost when cool with Simple White Icing (_recipe below_). SIMPLE WHITE ICING Blend together 1 cup _sifted_ confectioners’ sugar, ¼ tsp. salt, ½ tsp. vanilla, and enough milk or water to make easy to spread (about 1½ tbsp.). Part of icing may be colored by adding a drop or two of food coloring. GINGERBREAD BOYS _Make holidays gayer than ever._ Follow (KEY) recipe above—and mix in 1 more cup _sifted_ GOLD MEDAL Flour. Chill dough. Roll out very thick (½″). Grease cardboard gingerbread boy pattern, place on the dough, and cut around it with a sharp knife. Or use a gingerbread boy cutter. With a pancake turner, carefully transfer gingerbread boys to lightly greased baking sheet. Press raisins into dough for eyes, nose, mouth, and shoe and cuff buttons. Use bits of candied cherries or red gum drops for coat buttons; strips of citron for tie. Bake. Cool slightly, then carefully remove from baking sheet. With white icing, make outlines for collar, cuffs, belt, and shoes. AMOUNT: About 12 Gingerbread Boys. ★ STONE JAR MOLASSES COOKIES _Crisp and brown ... without a bit of sugar._ Heat to boiling point ... 1 cup molasses Remove from heat Stir ... ½ cup shortening 1 tsp. soda Sift together and stir in ... 2¼ cups _sifted_ GOLD MEDAL Flour 1¾ tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1½ tsp. ginger Chill dough. Roll out very thin (¹⁄₁₆″). Cut into desired shapes. Bake until, when touched lightly, no imprint remains. (Over-baking gives a bitter taste.) TEMPERATURE: 350° (mod. oven). TIME: Bake 5 to 7 min. AMOUNT: About 6 doz. 2½″ cookies. PATTERN FOR GINGER BREAD BOY