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Raisin Filled Cookies

Raisin Filled Cookies have a slightly crisp cinnamon outside and are chewy and gooey on the inside. A MUST if you are a raisin fan!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Dutch
Keyword: Cookies, raisin
Servings: 36
Calories: 220kcal
Author: Emily Walker

Ingredients

For the cookie dough:

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 3 eggs
  • 5½ cups flour
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt

For the raisin filling:

  • 8 ounces raisins
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • dash of lemon juice
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1½ cups water
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • 5 tablespoons flour

Instructions

For the raisin filling:

  • Place raisins, sugars, lemon juice and nutmeg in a medium saucepan.
    Saucepan with raisins, brown sugar, nutmeg and sugar.
  • Cover the ingredients with water and bring to a boil in a medium saucepan.
    Saucepan with boiling raisins in water mixture.
  • Then stir in melted butter and 5 tablespoons of flour to thicken for about 1 minute.
    Stirring butter and flour into raisin mixture.
  • Once thick, remove mixture from heat and set aside to cool.
    Thickened Raisin mixture for cookies.

For the cookie dough:

  • Preheat oven to 400℉.
  • Cream together the sugar, shortening, and eggs.
    Mixing bowl with creamed shortening and eggs.
  • Add remaining ingredients to create a dough. Roll out cookie dough on a lightly floured surface about 1/6" thick and cut out circles.
    Rolled out dough and cut in circles.
  • Place circles on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a baking mat. Spoon 1-2 teaspoons of raisin filling into the center of the circle.
    Spoon placing raisin mixture into round cookie dough.
  • Top with another circle cookie, no need to seal the edges.
    Placing round cookie dough on top of raisin.
  • Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on top (optional) and bake for 10 minutes, or until light brown in color.
    Sprinkled cinnamon sugar on top of unbaked cookies on a baking sheet.
  • Cool completely on a wire rack.
    Cooling Raisin filled cookies on a rack.

Notes

Feeling creative or maybe even a little nutty? Replace raisins measure-for-measure with other dried fruits such as cherries, dates, figs, or prunes. Also, try adding chopped nuts to the mix for a crunchy surprise!
 
If you do not want to roll out the dough, you can use your hands to roll out tablespoon sized balls and flatten into rounds. Put down one round on prepared baking sheet, add filling in the center, then top with another round and seal around the edges with finger tips

Nutrition

Calories: 220kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 116mg | Potassium: 99mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 99IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg