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Add a photoThis recipe for old fashioned cookies comes from Great-Grandma Alice. She was by all accounts a loving wife and mother but much more of a Mary than a Martha. So when she made these cookies for her family they were a special treat for all. Originally they were made with large soft raisins that were grown and dried locally, If you can't find something like that measure the raisins in a liquid measure cup and barely cover with boiling water for a few minutes to soften.
Ingredients
- 1 cups butter
- 2 cups sugar
- Beat after adding each egg.
- 2 eggs
- Stir in
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoons vanilla
- Sift or stir dry ingredients with a fork and add in thirds to creamed mixture.
- 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 4 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Stir in nuts and raisins
- 1 cups chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cups muscat raisins (or other large soft raisin or dried cranberries or cherries)
Directions
- Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy
- Beat after adding each egg
- Stir in sour cream and vanilla extract
- Sift or stir dry ingredients thoroughly with a fork and add in thirds to creamed mixture
- Stir in nuts and raisins
- Chill until ready to shape and bake
- May be rolled out 1/4" to 1/2" and cut with a large simple cutter.
- Sprinkle with sugar and bake on a greased and floured baking sheet at 325 degrees about 10 minutes or until golden around edges.
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