Hermit Cookies
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar
1 piece egg
2 tablespoons milk
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon mace
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Preparation

1 Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, then raisins, egg well beaten, and milk. Mix and sift dry ingredients and add to first mixture.  2 Roll mixture a little thicker than for Vanilla Wafers. Bake and slice

About


from "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book" by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Principal of the Boston Cooking School, published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, in 1896.