Cookie Bush and Doughnut Tree

Oh weary Mother, rolling dough,
Don’t you wish that food would grow?
How happy all the world would be
With a Cookie bush, and a doughnut tree.

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This recipe is from Cross Country Cookery which was published privately by Mrs.N.C. (Helen Bemis) Black, 2214 South Goebbert, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005. Bicentennial Edition, 1976.