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Naborhood Bakery's Raisin Filled Cookies

Source of Recipe

KUTV, Channel 2 (Salt Lake City, UT) Gabby Gourmet posted by jgarcia at Mimi's Exchnage


List of Ingredients

1 c. (2 sticks) butter or margarine
2 c.sugar
3 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. evaporated milk
1 Tbsp. vinegar
8 c. flour, scooped (approximate)
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt

FILLING:
1 c. raisins
1/2 c. water
1/2 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. flour




Recipe

Combine evaporated milk and vinegar and allow to stand 3-4 minutes.

Cream sugar and butter or margarine together until fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract. Stir milk mixture into butter/sugar mixture.

Sift together flour, soda and salt, and stir into batter until dough is well mixed. Roll dough out to about 1/4 inch thickness and cut into 3-inch rounds. For easier rolling, chill dough for a little while.

Spread a generous teaspoon of filling over half the cookies and top with a cut out round of dough. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until done.

FILLING: Bring water and raisins to a simmer in saucepan. Blend together sugar and flour, and gradually add to raisin/water mixture, stirring and cooking until thick. Let cool slightly.

jgarcia's NOTE: This will make about 24 cookies; I found that the filling is not quite enough, so I would use half again the ingredients (1 1/2 c. raisins, 3/4 c. water, 3/4 c. sugar, 1 1/2-2 Tbsp. flour). Do not overcook!