Raisin Cookies Recipe
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Raisin Cookies

By: Kathleen Jenson 
"These raisin cookies are soft and spicy. A wonderful winter snack."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.6 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (13)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 3 dozen
 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 3/4 cup raisins

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. In a medium bowl, cream the shortening and brown sugar. Add eggs, mix well. Sift together the flour, cinnamon and baking soda; stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, stir in the milk and the raisins.
  3. Drop dough by rounded spoonfuls onto an unprepared cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from baking sheet to cool on wire racks.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 301 | Total Fat: 12.4g | Cholesterol: 24mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 5, 2008 by Kat P   view full review
This recipe is almost identical to my Grandmother's. She also added 1/2 tsp of cloves, 1 cup...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2004 by HANNAH4U   view full review
I tried this cookie recipe with my 7 year old daughter because she had to make a healthy snack...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 4, 2009 by Laurel   view full review
These are tasty and addictive - I couldn't have just one or two! The only change I would make...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 2, 2009 by VJGUNKEL59   view full review
EASY,EASY,EASY, and something this great shouldn't be sooo easy! THANK you for a recipe I'm...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 4, 2008 by mssharon2   view full review
These are excellent cookies! I did make a couple changes, however. I didn't have any...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 2, 2006 by DAIRY   view full review
This recipe was a lifesaver. I had an inhuman craving for oatmeal raisin cookies, yet I had...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 7, 2010 by yasamine   view full review
These cookies are delicious and absolutely error proof. I didn't have enough brown sugar so I...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 1, 2010 by stormie   view full review
I put a twist on this recipe by using cranraisins and walnuts in them. They were soft a chewy...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 27, 2010 by KEVAMMI   view full review
Wow, incredible! I love them because they are so easy to make. (I can't eat them due to...
The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 7, 2011 by bison37   view full review
These tasted delicious, but always came out flat as a pancake for me.

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