Old-fashioned soda cookies

Ingredients

• 2 c. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 c. lard
• 1 c. sour milk or buttermilk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• ½ tsp. nutmeg
• 1 tsp. soda
• ½ tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. salt
• 4 to 6 c. flour

Instructions

1. Cream sugar, eggs and lard together; add sour milk, vanilla and nutmeg.
2. Sift soda, baking powder and salt with flour; mix to a stiff dough.
3. Roll out on bread board about 1/8-inch thick; cut with cookie cutter.
4. Sprinkle with additional sugar.
5. Bake in 275 to 300-degree oven until done. These cookies may be filled.

Pineapple cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1½ cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 can (8¾ oz.) crushed pineapple, with juice
• 3½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. soda
• ½ tsp. salt
• ¼ tsp. nutmeg
• ½ cup chopped nuts

Instructions

1. Mix shortening, sugar and egg thoroughly.
2. Stir in pineapple.
3. Stir together flour, soda, salt and nutmeg; blend in.
4. Mix in nuts.
5. Chill at least 1 hr.
6. Heat oven to 400°F.
7. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough about 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet.
8. Bake 8 to 10 min., or until no imprint remains when touched lightly.

Snow on the mountain cookies

1. Cream together
   • 1½ c. shortening
   • 1 c. brown sugar-light
   • 2 - 1. baker unsweetened squares melted
   • 1 well heated egg
2. Sift together
   • ¼ tsp salt
   • 2 c. flour
   • ¼ tsp. (baking) soda
3. add alternately with ½ c. buttermilk, 1 tsp. vanilla, ¾ c. chopped nuts
4. bake 12 min at 350°F
5. frost with powdered sugar frosting