Rocks(Fruit Drop Cookies)

• 3/4 c. brown sugar, sifted
• 1/2 c. butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour, sift before measuring
• 1/2 tsp. soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. cloves
• 1/4 tsp. allspice
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1/2 c. water or sherry
• 1 c. broken nutmeats
• 1 c. raisins, figs, apricots or citron

1. Preheat oven to 375u0b0.
2. Cream sugar and butter, adding sugar gradually.
3. Beat in eggs one at a time.
4. Resift flour along with soda, cinnamon, cloves, allspice and salt.
5. Add sifted ingredients in 3 parts to the butter mixture, alternately with water or sherry.
6. Beat the batter until it is smooth after each addition. Stir in fruits.
7. Drop batter from a teaspoon onto a greased tin. Bake about 12 minutes.

brown sugar, butter, eggs, flour, soda, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, salt, water, broken nutmeats, raisins

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=575004 (may not work)