Cream one cup of butter, add gradually 1-1/2 of sugar and 3 eggs well beaten. Add 1 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in 1-1/2 tablespoonfuls of hot water. Sift together 3-1/4 cups of flour, half a teaspoonful of salt and 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon. Add 1/2 of this to the thin mixture, then 1 cup of chopped English walnut meat, 1/2 a cup of currants and 1/2 a cup of chopped and seeded raisins. Put in the rest of the flour and beat well. Drop by spoonfuls 1 inch apart on a buttered sheet and bake in a moderate oven.
