Here is part of page 7 and the complete page 8 of the vintage Spry cookbook “Aunt Jenny’s Old-Fashioned Christmas Cookies”. This was published in 1952 and distributed by Lever Brothers Company (the maker of Spry shortening) and featured the company’s advertising character “Aunt Jenny”.
You can view all the pages in this cookbook by visiting this category: Aunt Jenny’s Old-Fashioned Christmas Cookies [1], simply click a page title to view that section. There are scans of the pages included below that are clickable to view a larger size.
Combine and beat thoroughly:
1/2 cup Homogenized Spry
1 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 ounces chocolate, melted
2 unbeaten eggs
Add:
3/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour
3/4 cup chopped pecans, English walnuts, or black walnuts and mix well.
Measure out…level tablespoons of dough on Sprycoated baking sheets. Flatten cookies by stamping with a flat-bottomed glass covered with a damp cloth.
Bake…in moderate oven (350°F.) 10-12 minutes. Makes 3 1/2 dozen.
Cocoa Nut Wafers. Omit chocolate and add 9 tablespoons cocoa in the first mixing step. Increase Spry to 2/3 cup. Shape and bake as above.
Rob Roy Cookies
Combine and beat thoroughly:
1 cup Homogenized Spry
1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/4 cup buttermilk or sour milk
2 unbeaten eggs
Sift together:
1 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon soda; add to Spry mixture and blend.
Add:
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup chopped seeded raisins, and mix thoroughly.
Measure out…level tablespoons of dough on Sprycoated baking sheets. Flatten cookies by stamping with a flat-bottomed glass covered with a damp cloth.
Bake…in moderately hot oven (375°F.) 10-15 minutes. Makes 5 dozen cookies.
Jack-and-Jill Cookies
Combine and beat thoroughly:
1/2 cup Homogenized Spry
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 unbeaten egg
Sift together:
3/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon soda; add to Spry mixture and blend.
Add:
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup each of finely cut uncooked prunes and apricots (or dates and raisins); mix well.
Measure out…level tablespoons of dough on Sprycoated baking sheets. Flatten cookies by stamping with a flat-bottomed glass covered with a damp cloth.
Bake…in moderate oven (350°F.) 10-12 minutes. Makes 3 dozen.
Peanut Cookies. Omit fruits and add 1/2 cup salted peanuts, chopped fine.
Raisin (or Date) and Peanut. Omit prunes and apricots; add 3/4 cup finely cut raisins or dates; and 1/2 cup salted peanuts, chopped fine.
Patty’s Peanut Butter Cookies
Combine and beat thoroughly:
1 cup Homogenized Spry
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 unbeaten eggs
Sift together:
1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon soda; add to Spry mixture and blend.
Add…1/2 cup chopped blanched salted peanuts and mix.
Measure out…level tablespoons of dough on Sprycoated baking sheets and press with fork.
Bake…in moderately slow oven (325°F.) 15-20 minutes. Makes 6 dozen.
Grandmother’s Ginger Cookies
Combine and beat thoroughly:
1 cup Homogenized Spry
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1/4 cup buttermilk or sour milk
1 unbeaten egg
Add…1 cup molasses and blend.
Sift together:
4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon soda; add to Spry mixture and blend.
Measure out…level tablespoons of dough on Sprycoated baking sheets. Flatten cookies by stamping with a flat-bottomed glass covered with a damp cloth.
Bake…in moderate oven (350°F.) 12-15 minutes. Makes 6 1/2 dozen.
Party Molasses Crisps
Combine and beat thoroughly:
1/2 cup Homogenized Spry
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup molasses
1 unbeaten egg
Sift together:
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon soda; add to Spry mixture and blend.
Add:
1/3 cup finely cut candied orange peel
1/2 cup chopped pecans and blend.
Measure out…level tablespoons of dough on Sprycoated baking sheets. Flatten cookies by stamping with a flat-bottomed glass covered with a damp cloth. Sprinkle with sugar or brush with egg white and sprinkle with chopped pecans and sugar.
Bake…in moderate oven (350°F.) 12-15 minutes. Makes 3 1/2 dozen.