⅓ cup shortening
½ cup sugar
1 Egg, well beaten
⅓ t. soda
1 t. hot water
1 cup flour
few grains salt
½ t. cinnamon
⅓ cup chopped nuts
⅓ cup seeded raisins

Cream butter, add sugar gradually, and egg. Add soda dissolved in hot water, and half the flour mixed and sifted with salt and cinnamon; then add nut meats, fruit, and remaining flour. Drop by spoonfuls 1 inch apart on buttered sheet and bake in moderate oven (350° F.)