Fruit Cookies

1/2 cupful of butter

1/2 pound of raisins

4 tablespoonfuls of milk

1 teaspoonful of cinnamon

2 cupfuls of sugar

2 eggs

1 rounding teaspoonful of baking powder

Beat the butter to a cream, add the sugar, beat again, and then add the eggs, well beaten. Seed and chop the raisins; add them to the sugar mixture, then the milk and cinnamon. Sift three cupfuls of flour with the baking powder, add it to the other ingredients, mix, and then add sufficient flour to make a dough that will roll and cut; handle it as soft as possible. Bake in a quick oven until brown.

Fruit Crackers

1/2 pound raisins, chopped

1/2 pound figs, chopped

1/4 cupful of butter

1/2 cupful of sugar

2 cupfuls of graham flour

1 egg

1/4 teaspoonful of baking soda

Beat butter, sugar and egg until light; add soda, dissolved in a tablespoonful of water, and fruit; mix well, work in the flour. Roll thin, cut, and bake in a moderate oven until crisp.