Frosted Raisin Nut Cookies Food

GRANDMA M'S SOFT RAISIN SPICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add well beaten egg.
• Sift flour and spices.
• Add raisins and nuts.
• Mix together nuts and raisins in flour.
• Slowly add flour, spice, nuts and raisins to egg, butter and sugar.
• Add quickly baking soda dissolved in hot water.
• Mix well until all liquid comes together.
• Drop from spoon on greased pan.
• Bake 10 minutes at 350. Watch, till slightly browning on the bottom edge.
• These might take a tad longer in your oven, mine cooks high. This is just a guesstimate because Grandma just had Bake as the next instruction so time and heat was a guess for me. They are nice and soft and I have double the recipe without any problems.

MOM'S SOFT RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine water and raisins in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook for 3 minutes; remove from the heat and let cool (do not drain). , Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in nuts and raisins. , Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

OATMEAL RAISIN BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Line an 8×8-inch baking pan with parchment paper (optional, but aids in getting cookies out of pan).
• Whisk together flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt and spices in a large bowl.
• Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and stir in vanilla, egg and melted butter until smooth. Stir in oats and raisins until they are evenly distributed.
• Pour dough into prepared pan and spread into a even layer with a spatula or your fingers. Bake for 22-26 minutes, or until bars are set and the center no longer looks wet. Edges will be golden brown. Cool pan on a wire rack before slicing. Cut into rectangular bars to serve.

APPLESAUCE RAISIN NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Mix together shortening, sugar and egg, then stir in applesauce.
• Mix dry ingredients together, add and and blend well.
• Add raisins and walnuts.
• Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

PUMPKIN RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium bowl, cream the shortening and sugar until smooth. Add the egg, and vanilla; mix until fluffy. Stir in the pumpkin. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon; stir into the pumpkin mixture. Finally, stir in the raisins and walnuts.
• Drop cookie dough by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, cookies should be light brown around the edges. Brush with the spice glaze, and transfer to racks to cool.
• To make the spice glaze, mix confectioners' sugar with 2 tablespoons of warm water until there are no more lumps. Stir in the 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. If the glaze is too thick, add a little more water.

OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture, stirring just until combined. Stir in the oats, raisins and pecans if desired., Shape into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a greased glass bottom. , Bake at 350° until golden brown, 10-11 minutes. Do not overbake. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

CINNAMON FROSTED OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Prepare cookie sheets by lining with parchment paper.
• In an electric mixer beat the softened butter and sugars until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix thoroughly.
• In a separate bowl mix the Flour,Baking Powder Cinnamon, and Salt. Add to Sugar/Butter Mixture and combine but do not over mix.Add Oats and Raisins. Drop by tablespoons onto prepared cookie sheet.Bake for 13-14 minute Be careful not to over bake.Leave on the cookie sheet until cool completely. Cookies will continue to bake and become crispy.
• In a medium bowl mix the confectioners sugar, the cinnamon and the milk. You may need less or more of the milk to make a glaze.Place glaze in a small sandwich bag and cut off the corner and squeeze onto the cooled cookies.

CLEO'S RAISIN FILLED COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Cook filling ingredients in a saucepan over low heat until thick, about five minutes.
• Mix butter and sugar together then add the flour, salt, baking soda and oats and mix until it resembles crumbs.
• Press half of mix into a 9 X 13" pan.
• Spread on raisin filling.
• Pat on remain crumb mixture to cover all the filling.
• Bake at 400° for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Cool and cut into bars.

PUMPKIN NUT & RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degree F. Line sheet pans with parchment paper or spray with non stick cooking spray. In a large bowl, mix butter and brown sugar until fluffy.
• 2. Beat in eggs and pumpkin.
• 3. In another bowl,mix dry ingredient ( except for raisins and nuts.) Mix into wet mixture slowly.
• 4. Stir in nuts & raisins, until thoroughly incorporated.
• 5. I used a heaping tablespoonful of batter for each cookie, a few inches apart on prepared sheet pan. Raise oven rack to the middle, so bottoms don't burn. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until no longer doughy. Don't over bake.
• 6. Can glaze if desired.

MOLASSES RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar. Beat in molasses. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in raisins and nuts., Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.