Brown Butter Walnut Currant Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1½ cups sugar
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1½ tablespoons hot water
• 3¼ cups flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped English walnuts
• ½ cup currants
• ½ cup chopped and seeded raisins

Method

1. 1 Cream butter, then gradually beat in sugar and eggs.
2. 2 Dissolve baking soda in hot water and add to the butter mixture.
3. 3 Sift together flour, salt, and cinnamon. Stir in half of this mixture.
4. 4 Fold in walnuts, currants, and raisins, then add remaining flour and beat well.
5. 5 Drop by spoonfuls 1 inch apart onto a buttered sheet.
6. 6 Bake in a moderate oven (350°F) until set.