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HERMIT  DROP  CAKES
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HERMIT DROP CAKES

8 ingredients 4 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

638
Calories
14g
Protein
15g
Fat
110g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cup warm water
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon each cinnamon
  • 1 cup nuts
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

Directions

1

2 cups brown sugar. 1 cup butter (or y2 lard). Y-2 cup warm water. 1 teaspoon soda.

2

3 eg"gs> beaten. 3 cups flour.

3

1 teaspoon each cinnamon, \y2 cups seeded raisins, cloves, allspice, and nut- 1 cup nuts,

4

Mix butter and sugar; add eggs, water, and soda, then flour, spice, raisins, and nuts. In last cup of flour add 1 teaspoon baking powder. Drop from teaspoon and bake in moderate oven.

By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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