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Cream the butter and sugar, add beaten egg, milk, and flavoring. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together several times and add to the mixture. Then add Post’s Bran Flakes. Put on a slightly floured board and roll thin. Cut into fancy shapes, strips, squares, diamonds, etc., and bake in a hot oven (425°'F.)

This recipe makes from fifty to one hundred cookies depending on the size.

This recipe may be varied by substituting 1 tablespoon lemon juice and grated rind of one-fourth lemon, or ¾ teaspoon vanilla for the orange juice and grated rind.

It may be further varied by brushing the cookies with beaten egg and dipping in a mixture of ½ cup finely chopped nuts, ½ cup sugar, and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon. Or the nuts may be omitted and the wafers sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon, placing a small piece of crystallized cherry, ginger, or citron in the center of each. These cookies are a dainty addition to afternoon tea.