Amish Soft Raisin Cookies
"taken from an Amish cookbook"
- Ready In:
- 42mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
9 dozen
ingredients
- 2 cups raisins
- 1 cup boiling water
- 3⁄4 cup vegetable shortening
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 cup chopped nuts, walnuts, pecans, etc
directions
- Add boiling water to raisins.
- Cook 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
- Cream crisco and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla -- and beat well.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices.
- Add alternately with raisin liquid to creamed mixture.
- Stir in raisins and nuts.
- Chill dough several hours or overnight.
- Drop by teaspoonsful onto greased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350* for 12 minutes.
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I love cooking, and reading Christian fiction..I have 5 grandchildren..4 boys and 1 spoiled granddaughter...I also have a black cocker spaniel named Tobey..who is very spoiled..Love computer games, cross stitch and reading cookbooks..I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia almost a year ago, on September 26, 2005....was in an out of the hospital for 8 months, doing intensive chemo...I am doing well now, thanks for all the prayers...
