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Recipe from the first lady in 1975, Mrs. Gerald Ford and a Recipe from the Vice Presidents wife in 1975, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

Enjoy recipes from an old cookbook made years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House during that time.

Our Recipe of the Month to Try.

Sugar Cookie Recipe

Ingredients required
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup sour milk or buttermilk to which has been added 1/2 teaspoon soda
2 cups flour with dash of salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
vanilla and lemon extract
Coconut

Preheat oven 400 degrees

Instructions for Cookie Recipe

Cream shortening, sugar and egg. Add sour milk or buttermilk and soda. Add flour, salt and baking powder. Then add vanilla and lemon extract. Drop by large teaspoonful on cookie sheet and sprinkle top with a mixture of coconut and sugar. More coconut than sugar. Flatten and round cookies before putting on coconut. Bake 10 minutes at 400 degrees.

List of Cookie Recipes

Applesauce Cookies
Brownie and Chocolate Cookie
Dates, Raisin Cookies
Fortune Cookie
Ginger Cookie
Lemonade Cookie
Molasses Cookies
Oatmeal Cookie
Peanut Butter Cookie
Pineapple Cookies
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip
Sugar Cookie
Sugarless Cookies

Baking Abbreviations
tsp. - teaspoon
Tbsp. - tablespoon
C. - cup
pt. - pint
qt. - quart
pk. - peck
bu. - bushel

oz. - ounce, ounces
lb. - pound, pounds
sq. - square
min. - minute, minutes
hr. - hour, hours
mod. - moderate, moderately
doz. - dozen

Simplified Measures
dash - less than 1/8 teaspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoon = 1 cup
1 cup = 1/2 pint
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints (4 cups) = 1 quart
4 quarts(liquid) = 1 gallon
8 quarts(solid) = 1 peck

4 pecks = 1 bushel
16 ounces = 1 pound
2 tablespoon = 1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
10 2/3 tablespoons = 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
14 tablespoons = 7/8 cup