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
To prepare this Boston Cookies Recipe, 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.