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Beat the eggs well and add the sugar and butter which have been creamed; then add the salt, cinnamon, 2^ cups sifted flour, baking soda dissolved in the hot water. Dredge fruit and nuts with remaining flour and add to mixture. Then add vanilla and drop by spoonsful on greased cookie pan. Bake in a moderate oven (350° F.) from 10 to 12 minutes. Plantation Sour Cream Cookies 2 cups brown sugar 1 cup rich sour cream 1 cup butter 3 teaspoons baking soda 3 eggs 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 cups flour (or enough so that it drops from the spoon nicely) Cream the butter and sugar and add the sour cream in which the soda has been dissolved. Beat the eggs well and add. Add the vanilla, nutmeg and then the flour. Drop from a spoon on a well-greased cookie pan and bake in a moderate oven (350° F.) until well browned, about 12 minutes. Currant Cakes (Old-fashioned Christinas Drop Cakes) 1 pound sugar 1 pound butter % pound currants (mixed with some of the flour) 6 eggs 2% cups flour pinch salt rind and juice of 1 lemon Work butter and sugar together to smooth cream, then slowly work in the whole eggs, one at a time. Add a little of the flour, rind and juice of the lemon and salt. Work in slowly the rest of the flour and the currants. Drop by spoonfuls on large buttered pans, pressing out from the center because the cakes are better when very thin. A good plan is to heat the pan a bit and allow the cakes to melt as much as possible before putting them in the oven to bake. Be sure to butter the pans thoroughly, otherwise the thin cakes will be difficult to remove. Bake in a moderate oven (350° F.) for 10 minutes. Plantation Ginger Cookies 1 cup dry bread crumbs y% cup brown sugar % teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ginger % teaspoon soda 2 eggs, beaten 1 teaspoon butter, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla % cup molasses Combine dry ingredients, add beaten eggs, melted butter, vanilla and molasses. Drop from spoon about 2 inches apart onto buttered baking sheet. Bake in hot oven (400° F.) 15 to 20 minutes or until brown. Colonial Cookies 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 3 eggs */2 cup sour milk 1 teaspoon baking soda 1% cups flour 1 teaspoon vanilla Blend the butter and sugar, add the well beaten eggs. Dissolve the soda in the milk and stir in gradually with the flour. Add the vanilla. Place on floured board, roll, chill, cut with cookie cutter and bake in moderate oven (350° F.) 10 minutes. Florida Orange Cookies ^4 cup butter % cup sugar 1 egg % cup orange juice 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 cups flour Cream butter and sugar, add juice and the grated rind of one orange. Add well-beaten egg and gradually the flour to which the baking powder has been added. Place on a floured board and roll thin. Cut with cookie cutter and bake in moderate oven (350° F.) for 12 minutes. Brownies - Chocolate Indians % cup sifted flour % teaspoon baking powder % teaspoon salt 6l/2 tablespoons butter or other shortening 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, beaten well 1 teaspoon vanilla y% cup walnut meats, broken