Brownies
2/3 cups sifted flour, 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 6 1/2 tbsps. butter or other shortening, 2 squares chocolate (melted), 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs (well beaten), 1 tsp. vanilla, 1/2 cup walnut meats (broken).
Sift flour, measure, add baking powder. Add butter to chocolate. Combine sugar and eggs. Add flour, flavoring and nuts. Bake 350 degrees for 35 minutes, in 8×8×2 greased pan. Cut in squares.
Chocolate Brownies
1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar (creamed), 1/2 cup walnut meats, vanilla, 2 eggs (beaten), 3/4 cup flour, 2 squares Baker's Chocolate (melted).
Spread thinly in pan and bake 10 or 15 minutes. Cut in squares while warm. Remove from pan when cooler.
Chocolate Brownies
1 cup butter or shortening, 2 cups sugar, 3 squares melted chocolate, 4 eggs (well beaten), 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour (measure, then sift), 1 cup nut meats.
Cream sugar and butter, add melted chocolate, stir well, add well beaten eggs. Mix flour and nuts and add. Bake in 9×13 pan at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Cocoanut Tea Squares
Mix well: 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 cup flour. Put in ungreased pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Beat 2 eggs until light. Then add: 1 cup brown sugar, 2 tbsps. flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1 tsp. salt, 1 cup cocoanut, 1 cup nuts.
Spread this on first mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Use pan 9×13 in.
Brown Sugar Brownies (light brownies)
1/4 cup butter or margarine, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 egg, 3-4 cup flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 cup nut meats.
Melt butter in saucepan; add sugar in same pan; add egg and beat, add rest of ingredients. Spread thin in squares or rectangular cake pan and bake at 350 degrees. Cut in squares while still warm.
Orange Squares
1 medium orange (ground fine), 1 cup raisins, 1/2 cup butter, 1 tsp. soda, 2 eggs (beaten until thick), 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup sour milk, 1 3/4 cup flour.
Cream sugar and butter together. Add well-beaten egg, orange, raisins, sour milk mixed with soda, and flour. Bake in moderate oven (300 degrees).
Jam Bars
1/2 cup syrup or honey, 1/2 cup shortening, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. mixed spices, 1 1/2 cups sifted flour, 3/4 cup any kind of jam, 1 tsp. flavoring.
Mix all ingredients excepting jam, place half mixture in bottom of 7 by 12 in. pan. Cover with jam, then cover with remaining mixture. Bake 25 to 30 minutes in 400 degree temperature. Cut in bars when baked.
Chocolate Cookies
Two cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 4 eggs, 3 cups flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup grated chocolate, vanilla.
Nut Bars
Two cups of flour, 1 cup of chopped nuts, 1/2 cup of sugar, 2 tablespoons of butter, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/2 cup of milk, 1 egg, a pinch of salt. Sift flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl, rub in the butter and add nuts and sugar. Mix to rather stiff dough with the egg and milk, roll out 2/3 of an inch thick. Cut into bars and fry in hot lard, until a golden brown.
Date Sticks
Whites of 4 eggs beaten until stiff, 2 small cups of sugar, 1/2 cup of dates, same of blanched almonds (1/8 of lb. of each), 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Chop the nuts and dates and stir into the eggs and sugar. Mix well and bake in a moderate oven 40 minutes. These can be used in place of bon-bons at afternoon teas, etc.