Mom Snyder's Raisin Nut Cookies
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
24-36 cookies
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 1⁄2 cup margarine (stick margarine not tub)
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄2 cup sour milk (2 tsp vinegar in 1/2 cup milk)
- 1 cup broken walnut pieces
- 2 cups raisins
directions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Thoroughly cream shortning, margarine and sugar.
- Add eggs an beat well.
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Add to creamed mixture, alternately with "sour milk".
- Add nuts and raisins.
- Drop by heaping teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet (or use parchment lined trays).
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.
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