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If you can obtain a supply of maple sugar, you might try Maple Hermits from the recipes collected by Helen and Scott Nearing in The Maple Sugar Book, Together with Remarks on Pioneering as a Way of Living in the Twentieth Century. The recipe calls for a 3/4 cup of maple sugar beaten into a half cup of butter that has been creamed. Along with the maple sugar one beats in 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and a half teaspoon of soda dissolved in a tablespoon of water. To this mixture "Add 1 well-beaten egg. Then add 2 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon soda, and 1/2 cupful currents. Roll out an inch thick and cut in squares. Bake in a hot oven 12 minutes."