Rock Cookies

Name: Rock Cookies
Ingredients: 4 cups flour; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp baking powder; ¾ cup butter; 1 cup granulated sugar; ¼ pound dried currants; ¼ tsp mace; Zest of half a lemon; 3 eggs, well beaten; Candied cherries

Ingredients

4 cups flour
½ tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
¾ cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
¼ pound dried currants
¼ tsp mace
Zest of half a lemon
3 eggs, well beaten
Candied cherries

Steps

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Sift flour, salt, and baking powder; rub in butter. Add sugar, currants, mace, and lemon zest. Stir in eggs.
Form into rough balls about 1 inch in diameter. If balls aren't holding together well, sprinkle with water. Garnish with ⅛ of a candied cherry.
Bake for 9 minutes at 350°F. Cool.

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Adapted from “Rock Cookies” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.