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Hermits
From The national course in home economics, 1917
Serves 5
O. C. A.
Presented as published in 1917. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 181. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
HERMITS. One and one-half cupfuls of brown or maple sugar, one cupful of but- ter, one-half teaspoonful of soda dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of hot water, three eggs, a little nutmeg, pinch of salt, one and one-half cupfuls of seeded and floured raisins, three and one-half cupfuls of flour in which one teaspoonful of cream of tartar has been sifted, and one-fourth cupful of buttermilk. Drop the dough from the spoon in disconnected cakes. O. C. A. HOLLAND COOKIES. (Fine.) One quart of honey, two pounds of brown sugar, one quart of thick, sour cream, one heaping teaspoonful of soda, one-half pound of almonds, chopped fine, one-half pound of citron, chopped fine, one even tablespoonful of cinnamon, one-half tablespoonful of cloves, one-half tablespoonful of allspice, one even tablespoonful of salt, one-half of a nutmeg. Can use golden syrup in place of honey. Mrs. Marion Lovewell. FAIRY QINQER COOKIES, One cupful of butter
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