The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.

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Chocolate Fruit Cookies

1/4 cup butter 1½ cup sugar 2 tablespoons grated chocolate 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon boiling water 1 egg 1/2 cup nut meats, finely chopped 1½ cup seeded raisins, finely chopped 1 cup flour 4 1 teaspoon baking powder Cream the butter, and add sugar, gradually. Melt chocolate, add remaining sugar and water, and cook one minute. Combine mixtures, and add remaining ingredients. Chill, shape, and bake same as Chocolate Cookies. 3 eggs 1/4 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar

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