Originally Published:
Eastern Star Cookbook, 1923
Original Images:

Three cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup shortening
1 cup sour milk
2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon
2 teaspoonful cloves
2 teaspoonfuls nutmeg
2 teaspoonfuls soda in sour milk
2 cups currants or raisins
flour to stiffen (about 7 cups)
1 cup nut meats

Drop on tins a little apart.