Nana's Old Fashioned Raisin Filled Cookies 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 1 cup + 2 Tbsp. shortening 1 tsp vanilla 6 cups sifted flour 4 tsp cream of tarter 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 cup milk
Cream together sugar, eggs, shortening and vanilla. Sift together 5 cups of flour, the salt, cream of tarter and baking soda. Add, alternately, the flour mixture and milk to the creamed mixture. Add last cup of flour gradually. Dough should be soft. Chill Thoroughly. Roll dough about 1/8 inch thick on a floured board. Using a 2 inch round cookie cutter, dipped in flour, cut cookies and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Place about 1 tsp of raisin filling or jelly in center of each cookie. Top with another circle of dough. Press edges together to seal. Board should be floured with each rolling of the dough. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes. Nana's Raisin Filling 3 cups raisins 2 tbsp flour 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1/4 cup finely chopped nuts Combine ingredients and cook until stiff. Note: Nana use to make these with jelly in place of the raisin filling for some of the grandchildren who didn't like raisins. Sometimes she did half of each to please everyone! _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
