Raisin Filled Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• + cup shortening
• 4+ cup milk (preferably sour)
• 1 cup sugar
• 3% cups flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. soda
• 13 cups raisins
• cup Sugar
• 15 cups water
• tsp. vanilla
• ¢ tsp. nutmeg
• cup flour

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar.

2. 2

   Add egg, then dry ingredients.

3. 3

   Roll out very thin and cut with cutter.

4. 4

   For filling, boil raisins, water, 3 cup sugar until raisins are tender.

5. 5

   Mix flour and 4 cup sugar and add to first mixture.

6. 6

   Cook until thick.

7. 7

   Add vanilla and nutmeg.

8. 8

   Put tsp. filling on cookie, moisten edge with water, put top on.

9. 9

   Bake in moderate oven 12-15 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Our favorite recipes (Stake Relief Society, 1954) (1954) by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. New York New York Stake. Relief Society, page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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