Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery

by Marion Harland

“Mother’s” Cookies.

• 1 cup butter.
• 2 cups sugar.
• 3 eggs, well beaten.
• ¼ teaspoonful soda dissolved in boiling water.
• 1 teaspoonful nutmeg.
• 1 teaspoonful cloves.

Flour to make soft dough, just stiff enough to roll out. Try two cups to begin with, working it in gradually. Cut in round cakes, stick a raisin or currant in the top of each, and bake quickly.