Raisin Filled Cookies

[Guest guest]

Raisin Filled Cookies

 

For the cookies:

1 cup shortening

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

Approximately 5 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp. salt

4 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. soda

1 cup milk

2 tsp. vanilla

 

Cream shortening and sugar together. Add vanilla. Add eggs and beat until

fluffy.

Sift flour. Measure and add salt, soda, and baking powder. Sift again. Add

sifted

dry ingredients alternately with milk. Stir until smooth. Add more flour if

necessary.

Chill dough for several hours in refrigerator. Turn out onto lightly floured

board

and roll to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with round cutter and place 1 inch apart on

a greased cookie sheet. Spread with the following

 

filling:

2 cups raisins, ground or chopped fine

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

2 Tbsp. flour

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

 

Combine ingredients and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Cool before

spreading

on cookie. Put a teaspoon of filling in the center of each and cover with

another

round of dough. Press edges together. Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Makes

4 dozen filled cookies, or around 8 dozen shaped cookies (depending on the size

of your shape cutters).

 

______

PeoplePC Online

A better way to Internet

http://www.peoplepc.com