Practice Makes Perfect: Basic French

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 Contents

Introduction

I1 Definite articles · Family

2 Indefinite articles · Around the house

3 J’ai and je veux · Animals

4 Il y a · The classroom

5 Subject pronouns · Common -er verbs · Regular -er verbs · Days of the week

RÉVISION 1 LEÇONS 1–5

II 6 Clothing · -Er verb endings

7 -Ir verbs · Food and beverages

8 -Ir verb endings ·

Common -ir verbs

9 Adjectives · Colors · Likes and dislikes

10 Descriptive adjectives
· More than

RÉVISION 2 Leçons 6–10

III 11 Regular -re verbs · Common -re verbs

12 Asking questions · Interrogatives

13 The verb être · Occupations

14 Possessive adjectives · Using the verb être

15 The verb avoir · Inside the house

RÉVISION 3 LEÇONS 11–15

IV 16 BAGS adjectives · Locations

 17 Moods and emotions

18 Comment Ça va? · Health and fitness · Contractions with à

19 Vouloir · More clothes

20 Numbers · Age · Expressions with avoir

RÉVISION 4 LEÇONS 16–20

V 21 Faire · Weather · Seasons

22 Expressions with faire · Sports · Games · Music · Contractions with de

23 Telling time

24 Aller · Transportation

25 Dire · Écrire · Lire · Things to tell, write, and read

RÉVISION 5 LEÇONS 21–25

VI 26 Pouvoir · Adverbs

27 Devoir · Two-verb constructions · Adverbs of time

28 Two-verb questions · More food

29 Comparative adverbs and adjectives · Comparisons

30 Prepositions + verb · Il faut · More things in the house

RÉVISION 6 LEÇONS 26–30

VII 31 Demonstrative adjectives · Common stem-changing -er verbs ·

Expressions of time

32 Jeter · Appeler · The forms of vieux, beau, nouveau · Friends

33 -Er verbs with e→è stem change · Prepositions: location of things and people

34 -Er verbs with É→è stem change · More prepositions (place, time, and people) ·
Parts of the day

35 -Er verbs with y→i stem change · Near future: aller + infinitive · Near past: venir
de + infinitive

RÉVISION 7 LEÇONS 31–35

VIII 36 Direct object pronouns · Gifts

37 Savoir · Hobbies · Ne... pas

 38 Connaître · The neighborhood · Countries and states

39 Savoir and connaître

40 Using de and à plus noun · Adverbs of negation

RÉVISION 8 LEÇONS 36–40

IX 41 Irregular -ir verbs: sentir, sortir, partir, dormir · Adverbial phrases

42 Reflexive pronouns · Reflexive verbs · Parts of the body · Feelings

43 Reflexive -er verbs · Toiletries

44 Venir · Se souvenir · The object pronoun en

45 Offrir · Personal object pronouns: me, te, nous, vous, lui, leur

RÉVISION 9 LEÇONS 41–45

X 46 The family of prendre · Languages · Stress pronouns · Prepositional

phrases

47 Near future · Expressions of future time · The pronoun y · Prepositions

48 Near past · Expressions of past time

49 Passé composé with avoir

50 Passé composé with être · Vacation locales

RÉVISION 10 LEÇONS 46–50

RÉVISION COMPLÉTE LEÇONS 1–50

Answer key

Fun facts translations

 Introduction

Congratulations! You have chosen Practice Makes Perfect: Basic French for your first year of
French-language learning.
This highly useful book is well suited for middle or high school French students to accompany a
first-year textbook, or as a review book at the end of a first year or beginning second-year French
course. It can also be used as a supplement to a face-to-face or online French course. Whatever
your situation, you will be happy to own this book to practice basic first-year vocabulary, verb
tenses, and sentence structures.
As vocabulary acquisition is an ongoing process dictated by student interest, it is important to
understand that the focus of this basic book is limited to high frequency vocabulary. How well
students will be able to venture into thematic and contextualized reading materials depends on
how well they have mastered the essential structures and concepts introduced in this book.
For the most part, basic grammar is presented in user-friendly charts as preparation for the
material in the exercises. The tenses practiced in this book are the present, the near future, the
near past, and the passé composé. We find this to be ample material for a first-year or a beginning
second-year middle or high school student. Adjectives, prepositions, and object pronouns
presented in their lexical and grammatical functions are also important parts of this book.
With Basic French learning French is made easy because the material is presented in simple
charts. It remains user-friendly while building from very simple to more complex. In addition, the
material offers many opportunities to reinforce and review basic grammatical concepts while
recycling and expanding on everyday words and phrases.
The ten units and fifty lessons in this book are presented in a simple and progressive format
designed to help students learn, review, and retain knowledge of basic vocabulary and
grammatical structures. Each set of five chapters in a unit is followed by a review section, and a
final review chapter covers all fifty chapters. The numerous exercises in the chapters and review
sections are accompanied by an Answer Key at the end of the book. And this Premium Third
Edition offers streaming audio recordings of the answers to more than 100 exercises, allowing you
to compare your responses against native speakers, as well as a guide to the sounds of French
that many students find challenging: the vowels, nasal sounds, and liaison..
For pleasure reading, we have included Fun Facts throughout the book; try to read them for fun
and understand them on your own. So that you may check how much and how well you
understood, they are translated in the Answer Key.
It is time to start the adventure! Bonne chance et bon voyage!
 •I•

LEÇON 1 Definite articles · Family

LEÇON 2 Indefinite articles · Around the house
LEÇON 3 J’ai and je veux · Animals
LEÇON 4 Il y a · The classroom
LEÇON 5 Subject pronouns · Common -er verbs · Regular -er verbs · Days of the
week
RÉVISION 1 Leçons 1–5

Grammar
Definite articles
Indefinite articles
J’ai and je veux
Il y a and il n’y a pas
Subject pronouns
Conjugation of regular -er verbs
Vocabulary
Family members
Around the house
Animals
The classroom
A few -er verbs
Days of the week
Fun facts
Famous families
Famous houses
Animals in comic books and storybooks
The story of Babar
La télèvision
The days of the week 21
 •1•

Definite articles Family

Definite articles

NOTEZ The definite article appears more frequently in French than in English before a noun, for
example, in abstractions and generalizations as in the following sentences:

VOCABULAIRE

Les membres de la famille (Family members)

EXERCICE 1.1
 Traduisez! (Translate!)

EXERCICE 1.2
Les familles célèbres! (Famous families!) Match the famous person on the left
with the correct family relationship on the right.
 VOCABULAIRE

Everyday words

EXERCICE 1.3
Écrivez! (Write!) In this exercise, use the familiar your (ton, ta, tes) throughout.

1. My uncle Georges is the brother of my mother.

___________________________________________
2. Your daughter is my cousin.
___________________________________________
3. My grandfather is your uncle.
___________________________________________
4. My grandmother is from France.
___________________________________________
5. Your brother is my cousin.
___________________________________________
6. Your parents are my grandparents.
___________________________________________
 7. Your sister is my stepmother.
___________________________________________
8. My father is your nephew.
___________________________________________
9. Your sisters are my aunts.
___________________________________________
10. Lili is the niece of my grandfather Julius.
___________________________________________

Faits divers (Fun facts)

Les familles célèbres (Famous families)
♦ Les filles de Barack Obama sont Sasha et Malia.
♦ Bill Ford est l’arrière-petit-fils de Henry Ford.
♦ Jennifer Lopez est l’ex-femme de Marc Anthony.
♦ Liza Minnelli est la fille de Judy Garland.
♦ Brad Pitt est l’ex-mari d’Angelina Jolie.
 •2•

Indefinite articles Around the house

Indefinite articles

NOTEZ The plural indefinite article appears more frequently in French than in English where it is
often omitted and implied as in

VOCABULAIRE

Dans la maison (Around the house)

EXERCICE 2.1
Traduisez! (Translate!)
EXERCICE 2.2
La maison (The house) Match each part of the house named on the left with the
item you would likely find in it on the right. You may have to figure out what some
items are by their similarity to their English equivalent.
 VOCABULAIRE

Everyday words

NOTEZ The phrase n’a pas is followed by de or d’ instead of un/une/des

(a/some) as in

EXERCICE 2.3
Écrivez! (Write!)

1. My bedroom has two closets.

___________________________________________
2. Your (form.) kitchen has one window.
___________________________________________
3. My house does not have an attic.
___________________________________________
4. The restroom does not have a shower.
___________________________________________
5. Your (fam.) basement has two doors.
 ___________________________________________
6. The house has three doors.
___________________________________________
7. Your (fam.) house has four stairways.
___________________________________________
8. My living room has a sofa.
___________________________________________
9. My entrance has a chandelier (un chandelier).
___________________________________________
10. Your (pl.) house has five bedrooms.
___________________________________________

Faits divers (Fun facts)

Des maisons célèbres (Famous houses)
♦ La Maison Blanche à Washington D.C. est la résidence des présidents américains.
♦ Le Palais de l’Élysée à Paris est la résidence des présidents français.
♦ Les maisons de Victor Hugo sont à Paris et à Guernsey.
♦ La maison de Louis Pasteur à Arbois a une tannerie, une cave, six pièces au premier
étage (= French first floor [over the ground floor]), six autres pièces au deuxième étage
(French second floor), des greniers et une cour.
 •3•

J’ai and je veux Animals

J’ai and je veux

NOTEZ The phrase n’ai pas is followed by de or d’ instead of un/une/des (a/some) as in the
example

VOCABULAIRE

Les animaux (Animals)

EXERCICE 3.1
Traduisez! (Translate!)

1. I have a horse.
 ___________________________________________
2. I don’t have an elephant.
___________________________________________
3. I have two ducks.
___________________________________________
4. I don’t have a snake.
___________________________________________
5. I don’t have five cats.
___________________________________________
6. I want a dog.
___________________________________________
7. I don’t want a mouse.
___________________________________________
8. I want some cats.
___________________________________________
9. I don’t want a pig.
___________________________________________
10. I want some chickens.
___________________________________________
11. I don’t have any monkeys.
___________________________________________
12. I have some rabbits.
___________________________________________

EXERCICE 3.2
L’habitat! (The habitat!) Place an X in the column where you would most likely
find each animal listed: à la maison (at home), à la ferme (on the farm), au zoo
(at the zoo).
 VOCABULAIRE

Everyday words

EXERCICE 3.3
Écrivez! (Write!)

1. I don’t want a rat inside my house.

___________________________________________
2. I want a dog in my yard.
___________________________________________
3. I don’t want the cat inside my bedroom.
___________________________________________
4. I have a rooster and three chickens.
___________________________________________
5. I don’t have a horse in my basement.
___________________________________________
6. My uncle has three pigs on (dans) his farm.
___________________________________________
 7. My son has a snake.
___________________________________________
8. He doesn’t have a monkey in his closet.
___________________________________________

Faits divers (Fun facts)

Les animaux dans les bandes dessinées et les histoires d’enfants (Animals in
comic books and storybooks)
♦ Perdita, Pongo et Lucky sont des chiens dans le film Les 101 Dalmatiens.
♦ Tintin a un chien: Milou.
♦ Pinocchio a un chat: Figaro.
♦ Mickey Mouse est une souris.
♦ Porky Pig est un cochon.
♦ Astérix a un chien: Idéfix.
♦ Garfield est un chat.
♦ Donald Duck est un canard.
♦ Nemo est un poisson.
 •4•

Il y a The classroom

Il y a and il n’y a pas

NOTEZ The phrase Il n’y a pas is always followed by de or d’ instead of un/une/des (a/some) as
in this example:

VOCABULAIRE

La salle de classe (The classroom)

EXERCICE 4.1
Traduisez! (Translate!)

1. There are two boards in the classroom.

___________________________________________
2. There is no projector.
 ___________________________________________
3. There are three dictionaries on the desk.
___________________________________________
4. There is a marker on your (form.) desk.
___________________________________________
5. There is no paper in the notebook.
___________________________________________
6. There is no light.
___________________________________________
7. There are no students.
___________________________________________
8. There is one assignment.
___________________________________________
9. There is a backpack on my chair.
___________________________________________
10. There are five lessons in the book.
___________________________________________

EXERCICE 4.2
Sur le bureau ou sur la chaise? (On the desk or on the chair?) Place an X in the
column where you would most likely find each item or person listed: sur le bureau
(on the desk), sur la chaise (on the chair). Place an X in the NON column if it is
found in none of these places.
 VOCABULAIRE

Everyday words

EXERCICE 4.3
Écrivez! (Write!)

1. My classroom has a computer and a projector.

___________________________________________
2. There are ten pens in my desk.
___________________________________________
3. There are nine students in the classroom.
___________________________________________
4. I want eight notebooks for my students.
___________________________________________
5. I want one textbook for each student.
___________________________________________
6. I have ten notebooks and eight books with (some) maps.
___________________________________________
7. But I don’t have any markers for the board.
___________________________________________
8. And there is no ruler.
___________________________________________

Faits divers (Fun facts)

L’histoire de Babar (The story of Babar)
Dans L’histoire de Babar, l’éléphant Babar a des classes de français avec un professeur.
Il est dans une salle de classe avec onze livres, un cahier, un papier et un tableau. Mais il
n’y a pas d’ordinateur pour Babar.
 •5•

Subject pronouns Common -er verbs Regular -

er verbs Days of the week

Subject pronouns

NOTEZ The impersonal pronoun on takes on various meanings depending on the context. It is often
used in familiar conversations instead of the pronoun nous.

VOCABULAIRE

Quelques verbes en -er (A few -er verbs)

Conjugation of regular -er verbs

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Much like the Bishop’s Bread served
to circuit-riding preachers in days of
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Beat until foamy ...

2 eggs

Beat in ... To sugar confection-like Date-and-Nut

Squares (left) ... dip in confectioners’
½ cup sugar sugar and shake.
½ tsp. vanilla

Sift together and stir in ...

½ cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour

½ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt

Mix in ...

1 cup cut-up walnuts

2 cups finely cut-up dates

Spread in well greased 8″ square pan (8 × 8 × 2″). Bake until top has
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If desired, dip in confectioners’ sugar.
temperature: 325° (slow mod. oven).
time: Bake 25 to 30 min.
amount: 16 2″ squares.

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Glowing with gems of spicy gumdrops (red and green for Christmas holidays).

Beat until foamy ...

 2 eggs

Beat in ...

1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Sift together and stir in ...

1 cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour

½ tsp. salt

Mix in ...

½ cup cut-up toasted blanched almonds

½ cup cut-up gumdrops (¼″)

Spread in well greased and floured 9″ square pan (9 × 9 × 2″).

Sprinkle extra cut-up gumdrops (about ½ cup) over top of batter.
Bake until top has a dull crust. Cut into squares while warm, cool,
then remove from pan. (Crust will crack.)
temperature: 325° (slow mod. oven).
time: Bake 30 to 35 min.
amount: 16 2″ squares.

★ WALNUT SQUARES
Almost candy ... so rich and nutty.
Beat until foamy ...

1 egg

Beat in ...

1 cup brown sugar

½ tsp. vanilla
Sift together and stir in ...

½ cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour

½ tsp. salt
⅛ tsp. soda

Mix in ...

1 cup cut-up walnuts

Spread in well greased 8″ square pan (8 × 8 × 2″). Bake until top has
a dull crust. Cut into squares while warm, cool, then remove from
pan.
temperature: 325° (slow mod. oven).
time: Bake 25 to 30 min.
amount: 16 2″ squares.

TUTTI-FRUTTI SURPRISES
Like moist fruit cake ... full of good things.
Beat until foamy ...

2 eggs

Gradually beat in ...

1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar

Stir in ...

3 tbsp. shortening, melted

Sift together and stir in ...

¾ cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour

1½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Mix in ...

1 cup cut-up nuts

1 cup cut-up dates
¾ cup cut-up candied fruit

Spread in well greased 8″ square pan (8 × 8 × 2″). Bake until top has
a dull crust. Cut into squares while warm, cool, then remove from
pan.
temperature: 325° (slow mod. oven).
time: Bake 30 to 35 min.
amount: 16 2″ squares.

Deliciously rich two-layer cookies.

TOFFEE-NUT BARS ( Recipe) Almond-coconut topping on melt-

in-the-mouth crust.

BOTTOM LAYER
Mix together thoroughly ...

½ cup soft shortening (half butter)

½ cup brown sugar

Stir in ...

1 cup sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour

Press and flatten with hand to temperature: 350° (mod.

cover bottom of ungreased oven).
oblong pan (9 × 13 × 2″). Bake time: Bake 10 min.
10 min. Then spread with
ALMOND-COCONUT TOPPING
Beat well ...

2 eggs

Stir in ...

1 cup brown sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix together and stir in ...

2 tbsp. GOLD MEDAL Flour

1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt

Mix in ...

1 cup moist shredded coconut

1 cup cut-up almonds (or other nuts)

Return to oven and bake 25 temperature: 350° (mod.

min. more until topping is oven).
golden brown. Cool slightly ...
time: Bake 25 min.
then cut into bars.
amount: About 2½ doz. 1″ × 3″
bars.

COCONUT-LEMON BARS
Follow recipe above for Bottom Layer. Bake 10 min. Let stand a
few minutes before spreading with

COCONUT-LEMON TOPPING
Beat well ...

2 eggs

Stir in ...

1 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. grated lemon rind
½ tsp. salt
Spread almond-coconut topping on
Mix in ... bottom layer.

1 cup moist shredded

coconut
1 cup cut-up walnuts
½ cup cut-up raisins

Return to oven and bake 25 min. more until topping is golden brown.
Cool slightly ... then cut into bars.

★ JELL-MERINGUE-FILBERT BARS
Jeannette Campbell of our Staff goes into rhapsodies about these luscious bars.
Follow recipe above for Bottom Layer—except use sifted
confectioners’ sugar in place of brown, and stir 2 egg yolks into the
sugar and shortening mixture. Bake. Spread with ½ to ¾ cup
softened jelly (currant, raspberry, or grape), then with

MERINGUE-FILBERT TOPPING
Beat until stiff ...

2 egg whites

Beat in gradually ...

½ cup sugar
 ¼ tsp. cinnamon

Fold in ...

1 cup ground filberts

(unblanched)

Return to oven and bake 25

min. more until topping is The fluffy meringue-filbert topping is piled on
golden brown. Cool slightly ... top of softened jelly spread over the crust.
then cut into bars.

Fruit fillings between nut-rich crumb crusts.

FILLED BAR COOKIES ( Recipe)

First, prepare desired filling (see below), and cool.

FOR CRUST
Mix together thoroughly ...

¾ cup soft shortening (part butter)

1 cup brown sugar

Sift together and stir in ...

1¾ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour

½ tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt

Stir in ...

1½ cups rolled oats

Mix thoroughly. Place one half of this crumb mixture in greased and
floured oblong pan (9 × 13 × 2″). Press and flatten with hands to
cover bottom of pan. Spread with cooled filling. Cover with remaining
crumb mixture ... patting lightly. Bake until lightly browned. While
warm, cut into bars and remove from pan.
temperature: 400° (mod. hot oven).
time: Bake 25 to 30 min.
amount: About 2½ doz. 1½″ × 2″ bars.

DATE BARS (Matrimonial

Cake)
These cookies won the first prize at
the famous Minnesota State Fair one
year ... for Mrs. C. Arlt of St. Paul.

Follow recipe above, using:

Date Bars ... perfect pals for good hot
coffee or tea
DATE FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...

3 cups cut-up dates

¼ cup sugar
1½ cups water

Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened (about 10

min.). Cool.

PRUNE-ORANGE BARS
Follow recipe above using

PRUNE-ORANGE FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...

3 cups cut-up cooked prunes (drained)

½ cup sugar
 ½ cup orange juice
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. grated orange rind

Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened (about 10

min.). Cool.

DATE-APRICOT BARS
Follow recipe above using

DATE-APRICOT FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...

1 cup cut-up dates

2 cups mashed, cooked, dried apricots (drained)
½ cup sugar
2 tbsp. of the apricot juice

Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened (about 5 min.).
Cool.

★ HAZELNUT BARS
Crusty, macaroony.
Old-time German party cookies that keep beautifully.
Beat in top of double boiler until stiff ...

2 large egg whites

Beat in gradually ...

1 cup sugar

Fold in ...

1 tbsp. GOLD MEDAL Flour

Cook over boiling water 3 min., stirring constantly. Remove from over
hot water.
Blend in ...

1 tsp. vanilla
1½ cups coarsely ground unblanched filberts (hazelnuts)

Spread dough smoothly ¼″ thick in ungreased paper-lined oblong

pan (9 × 13 × 2″). With fingers, pat top gently with warm water. Bake
until top looks dull. While warm, cut into bars 1½″ × 2″. Cool slightly,
then turn paper over (bars and all). Dampen entire surface with cold
water. When water penetrates paper, bars are easily removed. If
desired, place two bars together with a butter icing between (see
Burnt Butter Icing, p. 18).
temperature: 350° (mod. oven).
time: Bake 15 to 20 min.
amount: 32 single bars, 1½″ × 2″.
ROLLED COOKIES Pat ’em, and roll ’em
and sugar for tea.

HOW TO MAKE ROLLED COOKIES ( preliminary steps on pp. 14-

15)

1 To prevent
2 Roll lightly, small 3 Cut as many cookies
“sticking,” slip a
amount dough at a time ... from each rolling as
canvas cover over
keeping the rest chilled. possible. Dip cooky cutter
board, and stockinet
Roll very thin for crisp in flour, then shake it and
over rolling pin. Rub
cookies. cut.
flour into the covers.

Short cut: instead of rolling it, drop dough and flatten with glass.
See page 40.

★ SUGAR COOKIES ( Recipe)

Crispy, thin, flavorful.
Mix together thoroughly ...

1½ cup soft shortening (half butter)

¾ cup sugar
1 egg

Stir in ...
 1 tbsp. milk or cream
1 tsp. flavoring (vanilla or lemon or a combination of the two)

Sift together and stir in ...

1¼ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour

¼ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt

Chill dough. Roll very thin (¹⁄₁₆″). Cut into desired shapes. Place on
lightly greased baking sheet, and sprinkle with sugar. Bake until
delicately browned.
temperature: 425° (hot oven).
time: Bake 5 to 7 min.
amount: About 5 doz. 2½″ cookies.

LEMON SUGAR COOKIES

Follow recipe above—except in place of vanilla, use 2 tsp. grated
lemon rind and 1 tsp. lemon juice.

NUT SUGAR COOKIES

Follow recipe above—and mix into the dough 1 cup finely
chopped nuts.

★ RICH SUGAR COOKIES

Extra tender ... a flavor favorite!
Follow recipe above—except use ½ cup sugar in place of ¾ cup.
Use 1 tsp. cream of tartar and ½ tsp. soda in place of the baking
powder.

CARAWAY COOKIES
Follow recipe above—except omit vanilla, sift ½ tsp. nutmeg with
the dry ingredients, and mix 1 tsp. caraway seeds into the dough.
CHOCOLATE PINWHEELS
Fascinating whirls of dark and light ... an unusual taste delight.
Follow recipe above or recipe for Rich Sugar Cookies. Divide
dough into 2 equal parts. Into 1 part, blend 1 sq. unsweetened
chocolate (1 oz.), melted and cooled. Chill. Roll out white dough 9″ ×
12″. Roll out chocolate dough same size and lay on top of white
dough. Roll the double layer of dough gently until ³⁄₁₆″ thick. Roll up
tightly, beginning at wide side, into a roll 12″ long and 2″ in diameter.
Chill. Slice ⅛″ thick. Place slices a little apart on lightly greased
baking sheet. Bake.
temperature: 350° (mod. oven).
time: Bake 10 to 12 min.
amount: About 5 doz. 2″ cookies.

Merrily we roll the dough ... for parties.

BUTTER COOKIES ( Recipe) Crisp, with the true buttery flavor,

but not sweet.
Mix together thoroughly ...

1 cup soft butter

½ cup sugar
1 egg

Stir in ...

3 tsp. flavoring (vanilla, lemon, etc.)

Sift together and stir in ...

3 cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour

½ tsp. baking powder
almond or pecan halves
Chill dough. Roll very thin (¹⁄₁₆″). Cut into desired shapes. Place on
ungreased baking sheet. Press blanched almond or pecan half into
top of each cooky. If glazed cooky is desired, brush mixture of 1 egg
yolk and 2 tbsp. water over top of cookies before baking. Bake until
they are delicately browned.
temperature: 425° (hot oven).
time: Bake 5 to 7 min.
amount: About 7 doz. 2″ cookies.

COOKIES FOR PARTIES Delightful for all sorts of special

occasions.
Follow recipe for Sugar Cookies above, or recipe for Butter Cookies above.
Cut and decorate cookies for special occasions as follows:

HEART COOKIES
For special Valentines.
Cut with heart-shaped cutter. Brush lightly
with a little beaten egg white. Then sprinkle
with red sugar. Bake.
Cut round cookies. Place a tiny red candy
heart in center of each. Bake.
Cut dough with two heart-shaped cutters, one smaller than the other.
Lay a smaller heart on each of the larger ones and bake each pair as
one cooky. When baked, ice the smaller heart with red or pink icing.

CHERRY AND HATCHET

COOKIES
For George Washington’s
Birthday.
Cut small round cherries from
red candied cherries and stick them on baked cookies in sprays of
three, with little stems and leaves of green citron.
Cut cookies with hatchet-shaped cooky cutter. Or stick little candy
hatchets on cookies.

PLACE CARDS OR FAVORS

For children’s parties.
Roll dough ⅛″ thick. Cut into 2″ × 3″ oblong shapes. Bake. When
cookies are cool, write names on them with melted chocolate or
colored icing.

FLOWER COOKIES
For Easter, spring and summer
parties.
Color dough pink or yellow. Cut
cookies with little scalloped
cutters, for petal effect. Brush
with egg white and sprinkle with pink or yellow sugar before baking.
Bits of candied orange peel or yellow gum drops may be used for
yellow centers.
Make flower and rosette shapes by forcing the dough through a
cooky press.

DECORATING ICING
Into 1 cup sifted confectioners’
sugar, stir just enough water
(about 1 tbsp.) to make icing
easy to force through pastry
tube—yet hold its shape. Tint if desired with a few drops of food
coloring. (Pile into pastry tube and squeeze.)

COOKIES WITH FACES

For Hallowe’en.
Follow recipe for soft molasses cookies such as Gingies on page 34.
Tint the Decorating Icing (above) orange. Then force it through a
pastry tube or paper cornucopia to make faces with
eyes, nose, mouth, and hair.

Little taste-tempters in fascinating shapes.

FILLED COOKIES ( Recipe) Tender, creamy white turnovers hold

luscious fillings.
Mix together thoroughly ...

½ cup soft shortening

1 cup sugar
2 eggs

Stir in ...

2 tbsp. thick cream

1 tsp. vanilla

Sift together and stir in ...

2½ cups sifted GOLD MEDAL Flour

¼ tsp. soda
½ tsp. salt

Chill dough. Roll very thin (¹⁄₁₆″). Cut 3″ rounds or squares. Place on
lightly greased baking sheet. Place a rounded teaspoonful of desired
cooled filling (below) on each. Fold over like a turnover, pressing
edges together with floured tines of a fork or tip of finger. Bake until
delicately browned.
temperature: 400° (mod. hot oven).
time: Bake 8 to 10 min.
amount: About 6 doz. 3″ cookies.
FILLED COOKIES IN FANCY SHAPES
Follow recipe above—but cut
dough with scalloped round
cooky cutter or with heart,
diamond, or 2½″ cutter of any
desired shape, cutting 2 alike
for each filled cooky. To give a
decorative effect, cut the center
out of the top cooky with a tiny
cutter of heart, star, or
scalloped round shape. Place
the bottom pieces on lightly
greased baking sheet. Spread Spread filling almost to the edges ... when
desired filling (see below) on making filled cookies. To keep the filling in,
press edges of filled cookies together with the
each ... covering up to edge. fingers or with floured tines of a fork.
Place on the top pieces. Press
edges together.
amount: 4 doz. 2½″ filled cookies.

POINSETTIAS
A smart new favorite for the
holidays.
Follow recipe above—and
roll chilled dough ⅛″ thick. Cut in 3″ squares. Place on lightly
greased baking sheet. Cut with sharp knife from corners of each
square almost to center (making 4 triangular sections in each
square). In center, place 1 teaspoonful cooled Prune Filling (above).
Pick up corresponding corner of each triangular section, and fold
over center filling. Press gently in center to hold 4 points together.
(See diagrams below.)
amount: About 5 doz. poinsettia cookies.

FIG BARS
Plump with fruity filling.
Follow recipe above—and roll one half of dough ⅛″ thick. Cut into
4 long strips (3½″ × 12″). Spread ⅓ to ½ cup Fig Filling (below) on
each strip lengthwise, covering only ½ of strip except for a ¼″ edge.
Lift this edge up and stick it to filling. Quickly flop the uncovered half
of strip over the filling, folding it under at edge. Seal the 2 edges
together securely. With sharp knife, cut into bars 2″ long. Place 1″
apart on lightly greased baking sheet.
amount: 2 doz. 2″ bars.

Luscious fruity fillings ... to suit every taste.

RAISIN, FIG, AND DATE

FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...

½ cup raisins, finely cut up

½ cup figs, finely cut up
½ cup dates, finely cut up
½ cup sugar
½ cup water
2 tbsp. lemon juice

Cook slowly, stirring constantly, Filled cooky favorites.

until thickened (about 5 min.).
Cool.
amount: Filling for 4 doz. filled cookies.

RAISIN, FIG, OR DATE FILLING

In recipe above for Raisin, Fig, and Date Filling, use 1½ cups raisins,
or figs, or dates ... in place of the combination of the three.

PINEAPPLE FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...

1 cup sugar
4 tbsp. GOLD MEDAL Flour

Stir in ...

1½ cups well drained crushed pineapple (no. 2 can)

4 tbsp. lemon juice
3 tbsp. butter
¼ tsp. nutmeg
¾ cup pineapple juice

Cook slowly, stirring constantly, until thickened (5 to 10 min.). Cool.

amount: Filling for 4 doz. filled cookies.

PRUNE FILLING
Mix together in saucepan ...

1⅓ cups mashed cooked prunes (2 cups

uncooked)
½ cup sugar
2 tbsp. lemon juice

Clean sticky fruits from

your food grinder quickly
and easily by running a few
small pieces of dry bread
through it.
Cook slowly, stirring constantly, until
thickened (about 4 min.).
amount: Fills 5 doz. Poinsettias (p. 32).

★ HIS MOTHER’S OATMEAL COOKIES

Crispy, nutty-flavored cookies ... sandwiched together with jelly or jam.
Nora M. Young of Cleveland, Ohio, won a prize in the “plain cooky class” on these.
Wonderful for lunch box and cooky jar.
Mix together ...

2 cups sifted GOLD

MEDAL Flour
½ tsp. salt
3 cups rolled oats

Cut in until mixture is well

blended ...

1 cup shortening (part butter)

Stir in ...

1 tsp. soda dissolved in ⅓ cup milk (sweet or sour)

1½ cups brown sugar

Chill dough. Roll out ⅛″ thick. Cut into desired shapes. Place on
ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned. When cool, and
just before serving, put together in pairs with jelly or jam between.
temperature: 375° (quick mod. oven).
time: Bake 10 to 12 min.
amount: About 4 doz. 2½″ double cookies.

Old-time goodies every home should know.

★ GINGIES ( Recipe) Soft and puffy ... true old-fashioned ginger

cookies.
A happy tradition at the famous Girard College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The
boys hoard them ... old grads long for them.
Mix together thoroughly ...