WWII Oatmeal Cookies (with Honey)
[This one was from my Grandmother's cookbook and was probably from a news paper article. During the War, sugar was rationed by honey was not; I made this a few times in the late 1970's when doing a lot of honey based cooking. They are good, but different from the usual versions; you can use all honey or all maple syrup if that's what you have. Golden syrup (used over here instead of corn syrup) would probably would too; I would not use modern US corn syrup in this because of the High Fuctose content of most of it these days. But any syrup would probably work, possibly even warm and runny jam (in a pinch) - DC]
WWII Toll House Cookies
1 Cup Shortening (it was Wartime, butter was rationed)
3/4 cup strained honey (modern honey usually is already)
3/4 cup maple syrup
2 eggs beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
shift together
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
In the usual way, beat honey/syrup together with the fat (shortening, butter, lard etc).
Then add eggs and vanilla
Slowly add dry ingredients
Last step add 1 cup nuts and 27 oz of Nestles (or other) chocolate chips
Drop by tsp on greased cookie sheet
cook 350 F for 15 to 20 minutes
Recipe actually says, "makes 100 cookies" Maybe they made them each 1/4 tsp each or something? lol
This recipe also works well with raisins (in fact that's how I used to make it) instead of chips and can handle 1/3 to 1/2 whole wheat flour (I was making them in the 1970's...what can I say?)
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