Originally Published:
Eastern Star Cookbook, 1923
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One cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup raisins
2 eggs
1 teaspoonful soda
3 tablespoonfuls sour milk
3 cups flour
1 teaspoonful cinnamon
1 teaspoonful cocoa
1/4 teaspoonful cloves
1/4 teaspoonful nutmeg

Method: Cream sugar and shortening; add 1 tablespoonful water to yolks of eggs, and add to above; then milk, soda and spices, fruit, and last of all, well beaten whites of eggs. Drop and bake in medium oven.