Boston Cookies
A dish that starts with butter and finishes with sugar.
contains glutencontains dairycontains eggscontains nuts
Ingredients
US
Metric
- 1 cup butter
- 1½ cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 1½ tablespoons hot water
- 3¼ cups flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup chopped nut meat, hickory or English walnut
- ½ cup currants
- ½ cup raisins, seeded and chopped
Make it lactose-friendly
- 1 cup butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
Steps
- 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.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
| Calories | 449 |
|---|---|
| Protein | 6.1 g |
| Fat | 18.5 g |
| Carbs | 66.7 g |
| Fiber | 1.9 g |
| Sodium | 135 mg |
Source
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States