Hermits

1 1/2 cups sugar. 1 cup nuts. 1 scant cup butter. 1 cup raisins. 1/2 cup milk. 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder. 2 eggs. 1 teaspoon all kinds of spice. 1/2 teaspoon soda.

Mix in order. Make stiff enough to drop. Bake in a moderate oven. Mrs. Keightley.

Hermits. 2

2 cups brown sugar. 1/2 teaspoon cloves. 7/8 cup half each butter and lard. 1 teaspoon vanilla. 1 teaspoon soda. 2 eggs. 1 cup chopped raisins. 5 tablespoons sour milk. 1/2 cup chopped walnuts. 2/3 teaspoon cinnamon.

Add enough Henkel's flour to drop from spoon and not to spread too much when baked. Mrs. B. A. Scott.

Hermits. 3

2 cups sugar. 1 cup butter. 3 eggs. 4 cups Henkel's flour. 1 cup raisins. 1 teaspoon cloves. 1 teaspoon soda. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 3 tablespoons milk. Nuts, if desired.

Soda dissolved in the milk. Drop from spoon.

Mrs. E. I. Chase.