This recipe appears in a Crisco advertisement that contrasts childhood memories of Grandmother’s cookie jar with claims of easier, quicker baking. The page connects the recipes to time-saving instructions and a free cookbook offer credited to Miss Olive Allen. Those claims belong to the historical advertiser, not Repastory.
Slice-and-bake nut cookies from the Crisco advertisement “Grandmother’s Old Stone Cookie Jar,” in the January 1925 Good Housekeeping. The printed method chills a roll overnight in an ice box before slicing.
Original
Nut WaferCOOKIES
Sliced instead of rolled and cut. Use Crisco and see how easy it is to cream with sugar. Crisco keeps so long you can double this recipe and keep the rolls in the ice box a long time, slicing and baking as you need them. Grease your pans with Crisco and you won’t need to wash them between bakings.
All measurements level
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1½ cups melted Crisco
1 teaspoon salt
5 cups pastry flour, sifted twice
3 eggs, well beaten
2 teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon or other spices
1 cup chopped nuts (blanched almonds are best)
Cream Crisco with sugar. Add eggs slowly mixing thoroughly. Add nuts. Then dry ingredients sifted together twice. Shape into roll about 2½ to 3 inches in diameter. Put in Criscoed pan in ice box overnight. When ready to bake, slice and bake in hot oven (425° F.). Makes about 75 cookies.
The source page · Good Housekeeping, 1925-01. The page may contain material beyond this entry.
Public rights statementThis material was originally published in the United States in 1925 and is believed to be in the public domain in the United States. Source: Good Housekeeping, January 1925, vol. 80, no. 1, page n184, via Internet Archive. Repastory is not affiliated with or endorsed by Good Housekeeping or its current owner. Rights may vary outside the United States.
Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cup shortening, melted
1 teaspoon salt
5 cup pastry flour, sifted twice
3 eggs, well beaten
2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon or other spices
1 cup nuts, chopped; blanched almonds preferred in the source
Directions
Cream the shortening with the brown and white sugars.
Add the beaten eggs slowly, mixing thoroughly. Add the nuts.
Sift the dry ingredients together twice, then add them to the mixture.
Shape into a roll about 2½–3 inches in diameter.
Place in a pan greased with shortening and chill overnight in an ice box.
When ready to bake, slice the roll and bake in a hot oven at 425°F.
Item type
recipe
Yield
Makes about 75 cookies.
Timing
in ice box overnight; baking duration not stated
Temperature
hot oven (425° F.)
Equipment
Criscoed pan; ice box
Names & connections
Criscobrand · ingredient
Source context
publication context
Grandmother’s Old Stone Cookie Jar — advertisement introduction
Grandmother’s Old Stone Cookie Jar
One of the things you love to remember is your childhood visits to Grandmother’s old stone cookie jar.
I don’t believe you ever were disappointed, for although Grandmother had to stand and roll and cut cookies she always found time to do it.
Today we have an easier, quicker way to make cookies than Grandmother had. The cookies on this page call for no rolling and cutting. I know they will gladden the heart of any child and save you time.
Source evidence: Good Housekeeping, January 1925, IA leaf 184, heading and two-column introduction above the four cookie recipes; original advertising language, not Repastory claims.
related reference
The advertisement’s cookbook offer and advertiser
FREE! 200 Tested Recipes
Gathered from the whole wide world by Miss Olive Allen. To secure this cook book free simply send your name and address to Section H-1, Dept. of Home Economics, The Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Source evidence: Good Housekeeping, January 1925, IA leaf 184, lower-right cookbook offer and bottom copyright line. Historical offer only; no present availability or rights grant asserted.
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