Boston Cookies

Ingredients

• 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

Directions

1. First cream the butter, add Sugar gradually, and eggs well beaten.
2. Add soda dissolved in hot water, and one-half the flour mixed and sifted with salt and cinnamon
3. Then add nut meat, fruit, and remaining flour.
4. Drop by spoonfuls one inch apart on a buttered sheet, and bake in a moderate oven.