Currant Drops

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup butter or other shortening
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 lemon (grated rind)
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 cup flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup currants

Instructions

1. Cream shortening, add sugar gradually, beating all the time, then the beaten egg and lemon rind. Add milk and flour mixed and sifted with baking powder and salt. Save out a little of the flour to mix with the currants, which have been washed, and add them last. Drop on greased tin and sprinkle with sugar. Bake in a hot oven for 10 minutes at 400 degrees.