Drop on greased pan and bake.
Hermits
| 1½ cups sugar 3 eggs 1 cup chopped walnuts or hickory nuts 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup butter 1 cup chopped raisins 1-3 cup sliced citron 1 teaspoon cloves ½ teaspoon soda |
Dissolve soda in tablespoon hot water. Flour enough to make a stiff batter, drop in small cakes with teaspoon and bake in slow oven.
Cocoanut Cookies
| 1 cup butter 4 eggs 1 lemon—juice and rind 4 cups sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 pound package grated cocoanut |
Cream sugar with butter. Add the yolks of the 4 eggs and beat well. Add juice and rind of lemon. Then flour, into which has been sifted the baking powder. Sift flour and baking powder twice before adding to mixture. Use enough flour to make a very stiff batter, add cocoanut, and last, fold in the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth.
Drop on buttered tins and bake in moderate oven.