Hermits

One and one-half cups of brown sugar, one cup of butter, two eggs, one-half cup of sour milk, one-half teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful of cloves, one-half teaspoonful nutmeg, one cup of seeded, chopped raisins, one-half cup of chopped nuts (English walnuts or hickory nuts). Flour to make a batter which will drop from a spoon, about two and one-half cups. Mix the same as gold cake, adding the spices and fruit, just before the flour. Drop onto buttered tins about two inches apart and bake from ten to fifteen minutes in a moderate oven.

Hermits- No. 2

One and one-half cups of sugar, one cup of butter, three eggs, one tablespoon of milk, two cups of flour, one-half teaspoon of soda, one-half teaspoon of nutmeg, one teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves and allspice, one cup of raisins and one cup of nuts. Mix and bake the same as No. 1.