Dessert
Rich Cookies
A classic 1910 sweet built around butter, with Farmer’s original method and page citation.
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- ½ cup butter
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 egg well beaten
- ¾ cup flour
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- Raisins, nuts, or citron
Historical transcription
Source method
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Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, egg, flour, and vanilla. Drop from tip of spoon in small portions on buttered sheet two inches apart. Spread thinly with a knife first dipped in cold water. Put four Sultana raisins on each cookie, almonds blanched and cut in strips, or citron cut in small pieces.
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