Old-Fashioned Raisin Sugar Cookies
photo by swantekl

- Ready In:
- 39mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
26 cookies
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 1⁄2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 cups raisins or 2 cups currants
directions
- Preheat the oven to 425°; lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets.
- In a bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, vanilla, baking powder, and salt.
- When smooth, beat in the egg.
- Add the flour and raisins, stirring until well combined.
- Drop the dough by the tablespoonful onto prepared baking sheets.
- Using the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar, flatted the dough to a scant 1/2 inch thick.
- Bake the cookies for 9 minutes, until they are barely set and just starting to brown around the edges.
- Remove them from the oven, let them rest on the pan until you can move them without them breaking, then transfer to a rack to cool.
- *For crisp cookies, bake in a 350° preheated oven for 13-15 minutes, until the cookies are starting to brown around the edges.
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