" she said. "Now you can go right to work." This was what was on
the paper:

CHRISTMAS CAKES

1/4 cup of butter.
1/2 cup of sugar.
1/4 cup of milk.
1 egg.
1 cup of flour.
1 teaspoonful of baking-powder.
1/2 teaspoonful of vanilla.

Put the butter and sugar in a bowl, and rub them together till
smooth and creamy. Beat the egg without separating it, and put
that in next; beat all together, then add the milk, a little at a
time. Put a rounded spoonful of baking-powder in the flour and
stir it well, and add that slowly, mixing as you do it; and, last,
put in the vanilla. Grease some little scalloped tins, and fill
them half full; bake till brown.

Mildred rubbed the butter and sugar while Brownie beat the egg; they
took turns putting in the other things, and, last, Norah set the tins in
the oven for them. Then the two girls rushed into the sitting-room and
said, "That's all done, Mother Blair! Now something else to cook,
please!"

"But don't forget to watch your cakes," said Mother Blair, as she handed
them a second receipt. "Open the oven door every little while just
enough to peek in at them; if you forget them, they will surely burn."

The second receipt was for

OATMEAL MACAROONS

3 cups of rolled oats.
2-1/2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder.
1/2 teaspoonful of salt.
3 level tablespoonfuls of butter.
1 cup of sugar.
3 eggs, beaten separately.
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.

Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and cream them; beat the yolks
of the eggs, put them in, and beat again; mix the oatmeal with the
baking-powder and salt, and add this next, a little at a time;
then put in the vanilla, and, last, the stiff whites of the eggs.
Have ready a shallow pan, greased, and drop the batter on this in
tiny bits, no larger than the end of your thumb, and two inches
apart. Bake in an oven that is not very hot. When they are brown
on the edges, they are done; remove them from the pan while they
are still warm.

While Mildred was mixing these, Brownie took a last peep into the oven,
and found the cakes were baked. Norah helped her take them out, and she
herself took them from the pans and put them on a platter to cool. Then
it was not long before the first panful of macaroons was done, too, and
these came out all crisp and delicious.

Just as they were finishing them, their mother c