The School Tea

Recipes

The following list of refreshments for a September 1953 school tea was included in grandmother Swift's recipe file. Grandfather Swift was superintendant of schools in Watertown, Connecticut. The tea was probably for parents or staff at the beginning of a new school year.

I've found the following recipes in the file for the cookies listed above:

1 1/2 c. sifted flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder 3/4 tsp. salt 1/2 c. shortening

1 c. sugar 1 egg 1 tbsp. vanilla or 1/2 tsp. almond

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Blend sugar and shortening. Break egg in saucer. Add unbeaten with vanilla. Gradually add flour - dough will be soft. Roll, as about an inch diameter log, in waxed paper. Put in ice box. 24 hours later, cut in thin slices and bake at 375 degrees F. for 10 minutes on a greased cookie sheet.

For chocolate cookies, add 1 oz. melted chocolate to the egg mixture.

Cream
1 c. butter, add
3/4 c. brown sugar
3/4 c. granulated sugar and
2 eggs beaten whole.
Dissolve
1 tsp. baking soda in
1 tsp. hot water, and mix alternately with
2 1/4 c. flour sifted with
1 tsp. salt.
Lastly add
1 c. chopped nuts and
2 economy size bars (7 oz. each) nestle's semi-sweet chocolate, cut up. Flavor with 1 tsp. vanilla. Drp by tsp. on greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes in 375 degree oven. Makes 100 cookies.

3 lb. Coffee A Sugar
1/2 lb. butter
1/2 lb. Chocolate (cut fine)
2/3 gills milk
1 tsp. vanilla

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