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Jumbo_Raisin_Cookies
Recipe By :Jeannette Field
Serving Size : 77 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Regular Sweet
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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Cream Mix:
2 cups raisins
1 cup water
1 cup margarine -- or butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs -- well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons milk
Dry Mix:
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup rolled oats -- (not instant or quick!!)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 teaspoons cloves
1 1/2 teaspoons allspice
1/2 teaspoon ginger -- (optional)
1) Put raisins and water into a sauce pan, and let simmer to plump them. Cool.
2) Preheat the oven to 400 deg.
3) Cream the next 5 ingredients in the Cream Mix. Stir in the cooled raisins and the water.
4) In a separate bowl, mix all the ingredients for the Dry Mix.
5) Gradually add the Dry Mix to the Cream Mix. You will have to stir with a wooden spoon as it gets very thick.
6) Make tablespoon-sized globs of dough and placed on greased/parchement papered cookie sheets.
7) Bake for 10-12 minutes and feed promptly to your family.
Description:
"Another one of my mother-in-law's recipes. These are really good, but
be warned that my husband and I also call them "Farto Cookies"."
Yield:
"77 small cookies"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 78 Calories; 3g Fat (30.1% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 13g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 5mg Cholesterol; 108mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
NOTES : N.B. I have added nuts, chocolate chips, and other stuff to this. It comes out great!! For as much of the whatever you are putting in, decrease the amount of raisins- but not water!!
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0