786 - Raisin Cookies #
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786 - Raisin Cookies #
(by Aunt Isabelle "Snooky" McNevich Worhach)
2 cups raisins
1 cup water
3 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 cup Crisco
1 3/4 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Put raisins in a saucepan and pour the water on them--turn heat to medium and bring to a boil, then boil for 5 minutes. Do NOT drain the raisins--just set them aside to cool. In a bowl add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg--stir and set aside. In a mixer add Crisco, white sugar, eggs--beat. Add vanilla--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add the raisins/raisin juice and walnuts--stir with a wooden spoon. Add flour mixture--stir with a wooden spoon. Drop by teaspoonfuls on to greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
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