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Nostalgic Pics

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Old-time soft drink brands, and the bottles they came in.
My Barker grandparents’ kitchen in their Mt. Vernon, IL bungalow.
Another view. The door to the right went to the basement. The house had a sort of front and back parlor design; a little room behind a French door that you can see just on the left, was used for a bedroom/sewing room, but could have been used as a dining room. There were two “true” bedrooms, at either end of a little hall, and a front porch with a swing, the steps painted red.
A school project from the 1960s, East Elementary, Athens, OH.

Cookies for you

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Cocoa Walnut Cookies

1 ¾ cups confectioner’s sugar

2/3 cups butter, unsalted

Blend these together first, to the consistency of frosting

Add 2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

Blend until smoothly incorporated

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

½ cup cocoa

½ tsp salt

½ tsp baking soda

Blend all until the consistency is sticky, ingredients fully mixed

Add 1 cup walnut pieces

Refrigerate 15 minutes minimum

Roll chilled cookie dough into balls, roll balls in granulated sugar

Space about 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet

Bake at 350 degrees, and watch for the tops to turn matte and split open

Remove from oven

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