Old-Fashioned Raisin-Filled Cookies

Submitted by Busters friend

"Lovely on a cookie platter - gone first, you'll see. Truly old-fashioned delicious flavor. From the Old Farmer's Almanac recipes."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 3 dozen

ingredients

• Filling

• 2 cups raisins, chopped
• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 2⁄3 cup water
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon butter

• Cookie Dough

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3 cups sifted flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

directions

1. Filling:

2. Cook raisins with sugar and water for 10 to 15 minutes, or until thick, stirring occasionally.
3. Remove from heat and add lemon juice and butter.
4. Let cool while preparing dough.

5. Cookie Dough:

6. Cream sugar and butter; add egg and mix well.
7. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, and add alternately to sugar mixture with milk and vanilla extract.
8. Roll out a portion of the dough to 1/8-inch thickness and cut into rounds with a biscuit cutter.
9. Place a teaspoonful of filling on the center of a round, then cover with another round and press edges together.
10. Bake at 350 degrees F until golden brown (10 to 15 minutes).

Reviews

[barbara.morefield]

I tried this recipe. The dough was so wet I could do nothing with it

 

[Phoenix 0880]

Very good! I used my hand blender to puree the raisins as I was trying to mimic my husbands grandmas recipe and that is how he said she did it (filling the consistancy of jam) I didn't have lemon juice so I used Lime, didn't seem to make a differance. Let dough sit in the fridge for 2 hours before working it as it was a little sticky. A lovely simple recipe, thanks for sharing