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NUT BARS

1/2 cup shortening
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
4 tablespoons milk
4 cups flour
3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup blanched almonds

Reserve 1 egg yolk for top. Cream shortening and sugar together; add
slowly beaten yolk and whites of two eggs and three tablespoons milk;
mix well together. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and
add, mixing well. Roll half dough at a time 1/4-inch thick on floured
board; cut into bars 1 by 3 inches. Brush with yolk of remaining egg
mixed with one tablespoon milk and sprinkle with chopped nuts. Bake in
moderate oven about 15 minutes.

COCOANUT COOKIES

1/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice or extract
1/2 cup milk
1-1/2 cups flour
3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups fresh grated cocoanut

Cream shortening; add sugar, beaten egg and lemon juice; mix in milk
slowly; add flour, baking powder and salt which have been sifted
together; add cocoanut. The batter should be quite stiff. Drop by
small spoonfuls on greased pan. Do not smooth over, but allow space
for spreading. Bake in moderate oven 15 to 20 minutes.

FUDGE SQUARES

3 tablespoons shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon Dr. Price's Baking Powder
1/2 cup nut meats chopped--not too fine

Melt shortening; add sugar and unbeaten egg; mix well; add chocolate
which has been melted; vanilla and milk; add flour which has been
sifted with the baking powder; add nut meats and mix well. Spread very
thinly on greased shallow cake pan, and bake in slow oven from 20 to
30 minutes. Cut into 2-inch squares while still warm and before
removing from pan.

OATMEAL MACAROONS

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon melted shortening
3/4 teaspoon salt
2-1/2 cups rolled oats
2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Beat egg yolks and whites separately; cream sugar with shortening; add
egg yolks, salt and rolled oats; add baking powder, egg whites and
vanilla; mix thoroughly. Drop on greased tins about half teaspoon to
each macaroon allowing space for spreading. Bake about ten minutes in
moderate oven.

HERMITS

6 tablespoons shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1-1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon cinn