Boston Cookies

===Ingredients===
* 1 cup butter
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 11/2 cups Sugar
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* 3 eggs
* 1 cup chopped nut meat, hickory or English walnut
* 1 teaspoon soda
* 11/2 tablespoons hot water
* 1/2 cup currants
* 31/4 cups flour
* 1/2 cup Raisins, seeded and chopped
== Directions ==
# First cream the butter, add Sugar gradually, and eggs well beaten.
# Add soda dissolved in hot water, and one-half the flour mixed and sifted with salt and cinnamon
# Then add nut meat, fruit, and remaining flour.
# Drop by spoonfuls one inch apart on a buttered sheet, and bake in a moderate oven.
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Category:Christmas