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Boston Cookies
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Boston Cookies

11 ingredients 1 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

778
Calories
21g
Protein
21g
Fat
127g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Nut not in our table 0
Meat 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

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1½ tablespoons hot water
  • 3¼ cups flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 cup chopped nut meat, hickory or English walnut
  • ½ cup currants
  • ½ cup raisins, seeded and chopped

Directions

1

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and eggs well beaten. Add soda dissolved in hot water, and one-half the flour mixed and sifted with salt and cinnamon; then add nut meat, fruit, and remaining flour. Drop by spoonfuls one inch apart on a buttered sheet, and bake in a moderate oven.

By Fannie Merritt Farmer · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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