Fruit Cookies

Original Recipe

One cupful and a half of sugar, one cupful of butter, one-half cup of sweet milk, one egg, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, three tablespoonfuls of English currants or chopped raisins. Mix soft and roll out, using just enough flour to stiffen sufficiently. Cut out with a large cutter, wet the tops with milk and sprinkle sugar over them. Bake on buttered tins in a quick oven.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cupful and a half of sugar
  • 1 cupful of butter
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder
  • 1 teaspoonful of grated nutmeg
  • 3 tablespoonfuls of english currants or chopped raisins
  • 1 large cutter
  • 1 quick oven

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One cupful and a half of sugar, one cupful of butter, one-half cup of sweet milk, one egg, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, three tablespoonfuls of English currants or chopped raisins.

  2. 2

    Mix soft and roll out, using just enough flour to stiffen sufficiently.

  3. 3

    Cut out with a large cutter, wet the tops with milk and sprinkle sugar over them.

  4. 4

    Bake on buttered tins in a quick oven.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)