Hermits.
2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 3 eggs, 1 tablespoon milk, 1 teaspoon soda (dissolved in milk), a teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves and allspice, 1 cup chopped raisins and currants, mixed, and as much cut citron as desired. Mix with sufficient flour to roll. Roll very thin, cut as cookies, and bake in a moderate oven. Excellent, and will keep a long time.
Fruit Cookies.
1 cup sugar, 3/4 of butter, 2 eggs, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 1 cup chopped raisins, all kinds of spice, 2 tablespoons pickled peach juice, flour enough to roll out.
Boston Cookies.
1 cup butter, 1 1/2 powdered sugar, 2 eggs, 4 teaspoons milk, 4 cups flour, 1 teaspoon of soda or saleratus, 1 of ginger. Make stiff enough to roll thin.
Scotch Cookies.
Beat 2 cups of sugar with 1 cup of butter, 2 eggs, and 5 tablespoonfuls of milk. Mix 3 teaspoonfuls of baking powder and 1 of cinnamon with 2 cups of flour, and add as much more flour as necessary to make stiff enough to roll. Roll thin, cut out and bake quickly.