Raisin Drop Cookie Recipes

Total Time: 30 minutes or less

Yield: 8 dozen

Source: Sharing Our Best Valley Heights Christian Church

Ingredients:

• 2 cups raisins
• enough water to barely cover raisins
• 1 cup shortening
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 5 cups flour
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• tsp salt

Steps:

1. Place water and raisins in a saucepan, bring to a boil over medium heat, simmer gently until soft.
2. Cream shortening.
3. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each egg.
4. Add the sugar and vanilla.
5. Sift flour, soda, and salt together. (My sifter did not hold 5 cups of flour, I divided everything in half to sift.)
6. Add to mixture, plus add the raisins and water juice. Do this while the raisins are still warm.
7. Make small (about 1 tsp) round balls, place on a greased cookie sheet, flatten with a glass (sprayed with cooking spray) dipped in sugar. I used a sippy cup because it was a lot easier for Grandma hands to hold.
8. Bake at 400 F for about 8 minutes.
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9. The longer I baked the bigger I made the cookies! Then a light bulb went off, along with a little voice screaming, "cookie". I grabbed my mini muffin pan, sprayed it, put little round balls in it, sprinkled sugar on top and baked at
   400 F for 8 minutes. It worked great!