Title: Pear cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      1 c  Brown sugar
      2    Eggs, well beaten
  2 1/4 c  Flour
    1/2 ts Mace
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Sour milk
      3 ts Baking powder
    1/4 ts Baking soda
      1 c  Dried pears
    1/2 c  Shortening
 
  Wash pears, remove cores, and chop.  Cream shortening and sugar. Add
  eggs and milk.  Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking powder,
  baking soda, salt, and mace. Add pears. Mix thoroughly. Drop by
  teaspoonfuls onto well-oiled baking sheet.  Bake in hot oven (410 F)
  12-15 minutes. 20 servings. The Household Searchlight