Fruit Cookies a la Anna Karin

Ingredients

• Half cup butter
• one and a half cups sugar
• half cup milk
• one egg
• two teaspoons Royal baking powder
• two tablespoons brandy
• half teaspoon nutmeg
• half teaspoon cinnamon
• half teaspoon cloves
• half teaspoon ginger
• half cup currants (well washed and cleaned)
• half cup raisins
• three cups flour

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter and sugar to a cream; add egg, milk, brandy, all spices, flour, and baking powder; mix well, then add the currants and raisins.

2. 2

   Roll thin, cut in any shape desired, put on a buttered baking sheet, brush over with cream, sprinkle with granulated sugar or chopped nuts.

3. 3

   Bake until golden brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Swedish, French, American cook book (1918) by Hammond, Maria Mathilda (Ericsson) Mrs., page 600. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fruit Cookies a la Anna Karin Petits Gateaux aux Fruits, a la Anna Karin Half cup butter, one and a half cups sugar, half cup milk, one egg, two teaspoons Royal baking powder, two tablespoons brandy, half teaspoon nutmeg, half teaspoon cinnamon, cloves, and ginger, half cup currants (well washed and cleaned), half cup raisins, three cups flour

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