HERMITS
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
2 well beaten eggs
2 teaspoons milk
1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon mace
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped raisins
A never-ending delight of girls of american college is the type of drop cooky known as hermits, which are made as follows.
Cream together 1/2 cup shortening, and 3/4 cup sugar . Add 2 well beaten eggs and 2 teaspoons milk. Mix well. Sift together 13/4 cups flour, 1/4 teaspoon of each: of ground nutmeg.. cloves and mace 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and add 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder. Add to first mixture, stirring in well. Add 1/2 cup chopped raisins and again stir well. Drop the mixture from teaspoon two inches apart on greased flat pan. Bake in a moderate oven from 15 to 20 minutes.
ORIGINAL RECIPE WAS FOUND IN THIS MAGAZINE
No 9 VOL III September 1928 NO 10 From Crib To College CHILDREN THE MAGAZINE FOR PARENTS Title registered US Patent Office and in Canada Fathers The articles below with asterisks are of par ticular interest to fathers