Recipe Talk

My mom's basement was wiped out and we lost all the old family recipes, so I'm trying to find some that are close enough. You'd think after a lifetime of making some of these, I'd know them by heart, right?

Anyway....the one we are really in dire need of is a roll out sugar cooked. We called them Horsey Cakes. (no idea where the name came from)

I know the ingredients included cream of tartar, which was disolved in milk with either baking soda or powder - can't remember which.

You cream together sugar, shortening, vanilla and then alternate flour and the milk mixture.

I can't remember if it calls for eggs.

Help!!!

FOUR-IN-ONE COOKIES

Basic Recipe:

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2 sticks margarine or 1 c.

1 1/2 c. sifted powdered sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

2 1/2 c. sifted flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. cream of tartar

1/4 tsp. salt

Cream together margarine, sugar, egg and vanilla. To
flour, add soda, cream of tartar and salt. Add to creamed
mixture. Mix well. Chill.

Cut-Out Cookies: Roll out on well-floured surface and
use cookie cutters in shapes desired. Bake 8 to 10 minutes at
400 degrees on ungreased cookie sheet.

Sno-Balls: To 1/2 cookie dough, add 3/4 cup chopped
walnuts. Then chill. Roll into balls the size of marbles.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet. Roll at once
in powdered sugar. Roll again when cool.

Butter Fingers: To 1/2 cookie dough, add 1/4 cup
candied cherries (or glazed fruit). Chill. Shape into size of
little finger. Bake 8 to 10 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet.
Sprinkle with granulated sugar.

Cinnamon Rolls: Mix together 2 tablespoons sugar to 1
teaspoon cinnamon. Chill 1/2 cookie dough. Roll dough into
size of walnuts. Roll in cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake 8 to 10
minutes on ungreased cookie sheet at 400 degrees.