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Page 8 Wednesday, December 9,1998 The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise Seguin, Texas 01996 Universal PraM Syndicate By BETTY DEBNAM A Bite Out of History Uronr Ttw MW by Bttty Dtbown 0M tMhwMf ftwM ii I The Cookie Story VERY 600f AT GROCERY STORIES. This holiday season, many families will be baking treats. We asked our chief chef, Rookie Cookie, for facts to make cookies interesting as well as tasty. Today, cookies bought in the store are made by machines in very little time. But cooks have made them by hand for thousands of years.

Maybe you'll be baking some soon! je Girl Scout cookies i) In ancient times The ancient Egyptians baked cookies in pottery baking dishes placed in hot ashes. They sweetened 'their cookies with honey. The word "cookie" is probably from a Dutch word, "koekje," meaning small cake. Crackers on board When sailors and the early explorers went to sea, they shipped out with barrels of handy crackers on board. They were called sea or ship's biscuits.

They were so hard they had to be seaked before eating. Visit the Mini Page Web site: www.minipage.com )Tea and cookies In the 1660s, drinking tea, coffee and chocolate became popular, and so did the cookies and crackers that were served with them. 4 The cookie barrel By the 1870s, cookie-making machines used. Cookies were packed in big barrels and sold in grocery stores. Customers ordered them by the pound and carried them home in brown paper bags.

The family package The invention of family-size cookie packages changed the cookie and cracker business. Now they could be sold and protected. They would no longer be soggy and broken, and could be sold in supermarkets, asjhey are today. Today the Girl Scouts sell millions of their famous cookies every year. The money raised helps support about half of all of the Girl Scouting activities.

This picture was taken in the 1950s. In 1912, Daisy Low founded the American Girl Scouts. Five years later, a troop in Oklahoma baked the first "Girl Scout cookies." At first, the girls and their mothers would bake the cookies at home to sell in their neighborhood. Big Ideas in Geography introduces kids to five key points to remember about geography: location, place, how people react and sometimes change their environment, movement and regions. Hnve ftm learning all about maps, foreign places, the environment and the geography ABCs with pictures, puzzles and to-do projects in this Mini Page Resource Book, To order, send check or money order for $4.96 plus $1 postage and handling per copy to: Big Ideas in Geography.

P.O. Box 419242. Kansas City, MO 64141. Make checks payable to Andrews McMeel Publishing. Unscramble theee cooking worde: 1.

ebka 2. nvoe 3. okco 4. irts 5. hodug 01 IB P- Dot Dot -g 'ops 0 The Girl Scout cookie recipe In 1922, the Girl Scouts printed this sugar cookie recipe for Girl Scouts to make and sell: You'll need: 1 cup butter, or substitute 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons milk eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder What to do: Cream butter and sugar together.

Add well-beaten eggs, then milk, flavoring, flour and baking powder. Roll thin and bake in quick oven. (A "quick" oven would be about 375 degrees for 10 minutes.) Sprinkle sugar on top. This amount makes six to seven dozen. The Mini Page Rookie Cookie Cookbook Easy, everyday recipes designed especially for kids! Ingredients: 1) Step-by-step directions 2) Measuring tips 3) Utensil guide 4) Cooking terms 5) How to set a table 6) Table manners guide casseroles main dishes microwave dishes desserts To order, lend plut $1.50 postage and handling for each copy.

Send chicks or money orden payable to: Andrews McMeel Publishing, P.O. Box 419242, Kansas City, MO 64141. Phase send copiti of Tbi Him tigi fookie Cookie Cookbook (Item at $10.45 each, including poitage and handling. (Bulk discount information available upon request.) Name Address city- State. tram Mini Page by Botty Dsbnatn 01MB Unhitnl Prm Rookie Cookiefc Recipe Seven-Layer Bars 1 cup butterscotch chips 1 (15-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1 cup pecans, chopped You'll need: V4 cup butter or margarine, melted 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1 cup coconut, shredded 1 cup chocolate chips What to do: 1.

Pour melted butter or margarine in a 13-by-9-irch baking pan. 2. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs evenly on top. 3. Sprinkle coconut, chocolate chips and butterscotch chips evenly on top.

4. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly on top. 5. Sprinkle pecans evenly on top. 6.

Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven 30 minutes. When cool, cut into bars. Makes about 24. The Cookie Story Continues from The Mini Pege by Betty Dotxum IMvnMl Prera SyndfeMa (ram The Mini Pago by Betty Debn.m 1998 Unlverul Pren Syndicate TRY'N COOKING nND Words that remind us of cooking are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward.

See if you can find: BAKE, CHEF, TASTY, COOK, DISHES, OVEN, HEAT, FOOD, CUR CASSEROLE, MIX, BOWL, RECIPE, BROIL, POT, PAN, STIR, MEASURE, STOVE. FOODAOAPRSTOVEC BBAKEPBDQESEBKA CQCOOKCM I SCT I DRBOWLDEVSD PUCGPANASBHGPRE HVTOP IWSORCEEER JXIMWJXUVOHFSIO YTSATKXRE LTAEHYLEN I Famous cookies Animal crackers In 1902, the first animal crackers were sold in the United States. They were packed in small boxes that looked like circus cages filled with animals. The Oreo In 1912, the most popular cookie in the world was invented. Nobody knows exactly what its name, "Oreo," means.

Original Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies One day nearly 70 years ago, Ruth Wakefield, an innkeeper in Massachusetts, ran out of she needed for a cookie recipe. When she used bits of a chocolate bar instead, she baked a new treat she.called Toll House Cookies, after her inn. WE Cfli THEM CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES TOW. You'll need: 2V4 cups all-purpbse flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, 3 cup granulated sugar 3 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 eggs 2 cups (12 ounces) Nestle" Toll House Semisweet Chocolate Morsels 1 cup chopped nuts What to do: Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in large mixer bowl.

Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake in preheated 375-degree oven for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Makes 5 dozen cookies. The original recipe called for 1 cup butter or shortening, but the Nestte Test Kitchen recommends butter. Spice Cookies You'll need: 1 box spice cake mix 2 cups whipped topping 1 egg, beaten V2 cup powdered sugar What to dp: 1. Combine cake mix, whipped topping and egg in a large bowl. Mix well.

2. Place by teaspoonfuls inches apart on a cookie sheet. 3. Sprinkle powdered sugar evenly on top. 4.

Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven 10 to 15 minutes. Makes about 3V2.dozen. from The Mini Page by Betty Debnim 1996 Unlvenul Prara Syndicate Mini Mini Spy and Rookie Cookie are making Christmas cookies. See if you can find: IJJJT toothbrush canoe A banana lips paintbrush ruler jackknife hot dog bread loaf word MINI pencil snake LlL Gingersnaps You'll need: 3 cup butter or margarine, melted 1 cup sugar V4 cup molasses 1 egg, beaten 2 cups all-purpose flour V4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon cJoves V2 teaspoon ginger What to do: 1. Mix butter or margarine and sugar in a large bowl until smooth and creamy.

2. Add molasses and egg. Mix well. 3. Add remaining ingredients.

Mix well. 4. Roll dough into small balls and place on a cookie sheet. 5. Bake in a preheated 350-degree even 7 to 8 minutes.

Makes about 5 dozen. Next week The Mini Page, looks at reindeer. Potato Chip Cookies You'll need: cup butter or margarine, softened V2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup potato chips, crushed 2 cups all-purpose flour What to do: 1. Combine butter or margarine, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. Mix until smooth and creamy.

2. Add potato chips and flour. Mix well. 3. Form into small balls and place on an ungreased baking sheet.

4. Press flat with the bottom of a glass that has been dipped in sugar. 5. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven 16 to 18 minutes. Makes about 2 dozen.

Shortbread Cookies You'll need: 3 cup butter, softened V4 cup sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour What to do: 1. Mix butter and sugar in a large bowl until smooth and creamy. 2. Add flour and mix well. 3.

Place small balls of dough on a cookie sheet. Flatten with the bottom of a glass. 4. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 15 minutes. Makes about 2 dozen.

Look through your newspaper for cookie or cracker ads. Compare prices. The Mini Page thanks Christina Champion Blue of The Biscuit Cracker Manufacturers' Association for help with the cookie history in this issue..