Chocolate Marshmallow Roll

1 egg, well beaten
1 cup icing sugar
2 squares melted chocolate
1/2 cup nuts
2 cups marshmallows, small

Roll in coconut + refrigerate

Thimble Cookies

From Freda Forbes
1/2 cup margarine
1 egg, separated
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla
jelly, finely chopped nuts

Cream butter - add sugar gradually + mix well. Add egg yolk, vanilla + flour. Shape into balls - walnut size. Dip in slightly beaten egg whits. Roll in chopped nuts. Dent in centre with thimble, put on greased pan + in oven - 350 12-15 min. Dent again + add jam in dent.

Lemon Butter Icing

3 Tbs butter
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
3/4 tsp grated lemon rind
about 1 Tbs water

Combine all ingredients using just enough water to make icing easy to spread. Blend well.

Cranberry Squares

1/2 cup margarine
2 Tbs icing sugar
2 cups flour
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/3 cup raisins or currants
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
2/3 cup whole cranberry sauce

cream butter with icing sugar

stir in 1 cup of flour, spread in 9"x9" pan

beat eggs + beat in sugar

stir in remaining 1 cup of flour, baking powder + salt + stir in remaining ingredients except icing

cake until brown 350 - 45 min

Christmas Jelly

Dissolve red jelly in 1 cup hot water. Add 3/4 cup cold, pout into mould. Chill until nearly thick + slice bananas into it. Chill.

Dissolve green jelly in 1 cup hot water + 3/4 cup pineapple juice Chill 1/2 cup of this until slightly thick, fold into 1 cup whipped cream. Pour over red + let harden. Chill remaining lime + fold into it 1 can of crushed pineapple. Put on top. Chill.

Fudge Cookies

From Freda, Feb '58

2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup milk
pinch salt
1 Tbs cocoa

Blend well, bring to a full rolling boil

Remove from heat and add:

1 cup coconut
3 cups oats
1 tsp vanilla

Drop onto wax paper + cool

Shortbreads

1 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
3-3 1/2 cups sifted flour

Cream butter, gradually add sugar + cream well

Gradually mix in about 2 cups of flour

Turn dough onto floured surface + knead until dough cracks

Roll out to 1/4" thickness (cut with cookiedcutters)

Put on ungreased sheet

Slow oven 300 30-40 minutes

Note from M: can be decorated with candied cherry pieces, patted into rounds instead of rolling out, or have other ingredients (chopped Skor bars, green tea powder) mixed in.