Delicious Nut Cookies

Title:
Delicious Nut Cookies

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Penndutch,
Cookies




Ingredients:





     1 c  Butter


 1 1/2 c  Sugar


     3    Egg


     1 ts Soda


          *dissolved in:


 1 1/2 tb Water, hot


 3 1/4 c  Flour


   1/2 ts Salt


     1 ts Cinnamon


   1/2 c  Raisins, chopped


     1 c  Walnuts


   1/2 c  Currants






 Cream the butter and add the sugar gradually. Add the eggs one at a time,


 working well after adding each egg. Add the dissolved soda, then half of


 the flour, mixed and sifted with the cinnamon and salt. Then add the nut


 meats, fruit and remaining flour. Drop by spoonfuls, one inch apapr, on


 buttered tins. Bake at 350-F about 15 minutes. Other nuts may be


 substituted for the walnuts. Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book ~ Fine


 Old Recipes, Culinary Arts Press, 1936.


 


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