Raisin Drop Cookies

Submitted by Tracey D Mizell

"My mother has made these cookies for year and they are delicious. I never liked them until my aunt, Benice, made them once when I was at her house. The story goes that I came home talking about some delicious cookies that "Aunt Neecie" had made, so my mom called her to get the recipe. It was HER Raisin Drop Cookies that I always said I didn't like."

 

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

ingredients

• 2 cups raisins
• 1 cup water
• 4 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 3⁄4 cups sugar
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts

directions

1. Place raisins and water into saucepan and bring to boil. Boil until raisins are plump, about 3 minutes. Cool (do not drain).
2. In mixing bowl, sift flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and spices together.
3. In another bowl, cream shortening and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well. Stir in the raisins and any remaining water.
4. Gradually add the flour mixture to the sugar & raisin mixture, blending thoroughly after each addition.
5. Stir in nuts.
6. Drop by tablespoon about 1" apart on ungreased baking sheets (USE A SILPAT! THEY ARE WONDERFUL!).
7. Bake at 375¯ for 12 - 15 minutes. Cool on cooling rack.

Reviews

[stormylee]

Lovely simple cookies with plenty of raisin-y goodness! I did use butter instead of shortening as no such animal exists in my country. Made 1/2 recipe, used a 1" cookie scoop and got 40 cookies (which took 11-12 minutes to bake), so I think the yield could be upped some! ;-) Thank you for sharing!

 

[Susie D]

These really are terrific cookies! I think this is one of the best cookie recipes I've tried recently. I sampled a few right out of the oven & loved the crisp shortbread like flavor. Overnight they softened somewhat, but are still delicious. They do have a slight lingering taste from the shortening, but are a great example of an old fashioned cookie like grandma used to make. Sweet and with plenty of raisins. We ended up with far more than 36 cookies, but as good as they are that's not a bad thing! LOL I'll definitely be making these again. Thank you for sharing the recipe! Made for Spring 2012 Pick A Chef.