Recipe: Raisin Rocks (cookies, 1940's)

RAISIN ROCKS

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
3 cups sifted cake flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup chopped nut meats
1 cup chopped raisins

Cream butter. Sift brown sugar and add gradually to the butter, blending thoroughly. Add beaten eggs.

Sift flour, salt, baking soda, cloves, and cinnamon together. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and mix well. Add nuts and raisins. Drop from teaspoon about 2 inches apart onto buttered baking sheet.

Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F) 12 to 15 minutes.

Makes about 48 (2 1/2 inch) cookies
Source: The Dairy Book by the Culinary Arts Institute, 1941