Recipe - Delicious Nut Cookies

1 cup Butter
1 One half cup Sugar
3 Egg
1 teaspoon Soda
*dissolved in:
1 One half tablespoon Water, hot
3 One fourth cup Flour
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
One half cup Raisins, chopped
1 cup Walnuts
One half cup 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 350F 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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