Boston Cookies
1 cup butter
1½ cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon soda
1½ tablespoons hot water
3¼ cups flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup chopped nut meat, hickory or English walnut
½ cup currants
½ 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.