Rock Cookies

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¾ cup butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ¼ pound currants
• ¼ tsp mace
• to taste zest of half a lemon
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• to taste candied cherries

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder.
3. Rub in the butter.
4. Add the sugar, currants, mace, and lemon zest.
5. Stir in the eggs.
6. Form into rough balls about 1 inch in diameter.
7. If the balls are not holding together well, sprinkle with water.
8. Garnish with ⅛ of a candied cherry.
9. Bake for 9 minutes at 350°F.
10. Cool.