Fruit Cookies

Description
Sufficient for sixty cookies.

Ingredients

 * 1 teaspoonful salt
 * 2 cupfuls brown sugar
 * 1 cupful Crisco
 * 1 cupful chopped Raisins
 * 1 cupful chopped English walnut meats
 * 3 eggs
 * 1 teaspoonful powdered cinnamon
 * ½ teaspoonful powdered allspice
 * 1 teaspoonful powdered ginger
 * 1½ teaspoonfuls baking soda
 * 2 tablespoonfuls sour milk
 * flour

Directions

 * 1) Cream Crisco and Sugar together
 * 2) Add salt, eggs well beaten, soda mixed with milk, spices, Raisins, nuts, and enough flour to make stiff dough. About 5 cupfuls flour will be sufficient.
 * 3) Roll out, cut with cookie cutter
 * 4) Lay on Criscoed tins and bake in moderate oven from ten to twelve minutes.