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vegetable shortening sugar eggs salt flour baking powder baking soda mace crisp rice walnuts currants
Viewed: 47 - Published at: 8 years agoIngredients
- 8 each figs, dried
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups flour, all-purpose
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons mace
- 1 1/2 cups crisp rice cereal
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1/2 cup currants
Method
- With scissors, snip stems off figs, and cut them into little pieces.
- Combine with shortening and sugar, and cream together with eggs and salt.
- Sift flour, measure and sift again with baking powder, soda and mace.
- Combine all ingredients.
- Drop from teaspoon onto buttered baking sheets.
- Bake in moderate oven for about 12 minutes, or until nicely brown.
