1 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
11/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 eggs
1 cup chopped nut meat, hickory or English walnut
1 teaspoon soda
11/2 tablespoons hot water
1/2 cup currants
31/4 cups flour
1/2 cup raisins, seeded and chopped
Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and eggs well beaten. Add soda dissolved in hot water, and one-half the flour mixed and sifted with salt and cinnamon; then add nut meat, fruit, and remaining flour. Drop by spoonfuls one inch apart on a buttered sheet, and bake in a moderate oven.
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