Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2012

I changed this recipe so much that I feel guilty rating it, but it was yummy. I ran out of brown sugar so i substitued a cup of maple syrup for 1 of the cups of sugar I didn't have enough raisins so I added some choc chips i didn't have shortning so i used canola oil the dough was pretty thin so i baked it in a 9x13 cake pan but my boyfriend said it tasted like banana bread (without the banana) that his mom used to make. i named it cookie cake

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marie_faux

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Living In: Iowa City, Iowa, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2011

These were okay. Not really anything special about them, except that you don't need baking powder to make them (I was out). I would only make them again if I needed cookies and was out of baking powder. Not bad, just not spectacular.

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Jenniferdori

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Mar. 4, 2011

These tasted delicious, but always came out flat as a pancake for me.

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bison37

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2010

I put a twist on this recipe by using cranraisins and walnuts in them. They were soft a chewy and wonderful.

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stormie

Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2010

Wow, incredible! I love them because they are so easy to make. (I can't eat them due to diabetes) My husband and son loved them because of their taste. They loved them too much, in fact. Next time I will freeze half of them before they gorge themselves again! I've never seen cookies disappear so fast!!!

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KEVAMMI

Reviewed: Sep. 6, 2010

These cookies are delicious and absolutely error proof. I didn't have enough brown sugar so I substitued one cup of the brown sugar with white sugar. I think this is why my cookies came out much fluffier than those pictured above. My flour was also half whole wheat, which made for a healthier cookie. Even though I had to referigerate some of the dough and bake it into a second batch today, both batches came out beautifully. Surely, my cookie tin will be empty again by the end of the day.

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yasamine

Reviewed: Jul. 25, 2010

Wow these are really good...I thought they would be lacking in flavor but the brown sugar/shortening combo is dynamite. I added more raisins and even added craisins...just what I had around the house. SOOOO GOOOOOD!! And they even came out pretty :)

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Nermeen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Huntington Beach, California, USA

Living In: Santa Ana, California, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2009

EASY,EASY,EASY, and something this great shouldn't be sooo easy! THANK you for a recipe I'm sure to turn to often. I love oatmeal and raisin, so I did make a small substitute. I replaced 1/2 cup of flour with 1 cup oatmeal flour that I blended up in my food processor. The oatmeal flour makes a chewy cookie, and is more soluable, so it takes a cup to replace 1/2 cup of flour. yummy!

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VJGUNKEL59

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Shawnee, Kansas, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2009

These are tasty and addictive - I couldn't have just one or two! The only change I would make is by adding a bit more raisins next time (and I will definately make these again). Thanks for sharing these tasty little morsels!

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Laurel

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2008

This recipe is almost identical to my Grandmother's. She also added 1/2 tsp of cloves, 1 cup of walnuts increased raisins to 1 cup. I make them for my brother's birthday - it's a family tradition.

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