Raisin Filled Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream sugars and butter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Cover and refrigerate until easy to handle. , For filling, in a saucepan, combine the cornstarch, flour and brown sugar. Stir in water until smooth. Add raisins. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir and cook for 3 minutes or until thickened. Cool. , On a floured surface, roll out dough into 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with floured 3-in.-round cookie cutters. Spoon 2 teaspoons filling on top of half the circles and top each with another circle. Pinch edges together and cut slit in top. , Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-13 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• 1. COOKIE DOUGH: Sift flour, baking soda and baking powder together and set aside. Cream sugar and butter. Add eggs, milk and vanilla.
• 2. Add sifted dry ingredients. You may have to add up to 4 cups of flour to get a workable dough.
• 3. Chill dough
• 4. Roll chilled dough out on floured surface to desired thickness for each cookie. Cut with round cookie cutter. I use the pampered chef biscuit cutter.
• 5. Place cookie circles on sprayed baking pan. Add small amount of cooled raisin filling (see recipe below) to each cookie. Do NOT overfill or your cookies will leak while baking. Top with a remaining cookie cirle. Seal edges.
• 6. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly brown. Cool
• 7. RAISIN FILIING: Boil raisins in water for 5-10 minutes. Add sugar and vanilla.
• 8. Combine dry ingredients and slowing stir into boiling raisins. Stir and cook until thickened. COOL BEFORE PLACING BETEEN LAYERS OF COOKIE DOUGH
• 9. TIP: These cookies are rich. You can also fold a single circle in half to create a half moon to create a smaller cookie.

Steps:

• Filling:.
• Cook raisins with sugar and water for 10 to 15 minutes, or until thick, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat and add lemon juice and butter.
• Let cool while preparing dough.
• Cookie Dough:.
• Cream sugar and butter; add egg and mix well.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, and add alternately to sugar mixture with milk and vanilla extract.
• Roll out a portion of the dough to 1/8-inch thickness and cut into rounds with a biscuit cutter.
• Place a teaspoonful of filling on the center of a round, then cover with another round and press edges together.
• Bake at 350 degrees F until golden brown (10 to 15 minutes).

Steps:

• Raisin Mixture: Soak raisins in hot water.
• When plumb and soft, drain water and grind.
• Put in saucepan and add sugar, salt, and water.
• Mix the flour with just enough water to make smooth paste, then add to raisin mixture.
• Let come to boil, then set off to cool.
• Cookie: In large mixing bowl, cream together butter& sugar.
• Beat in eggs.
• Add milk and vanilla.
• Mix until well blended.
• Combine dry ingredients together and add to butter mixture.
• Roll out onto flour surface to about 1/4 inch thickness.
• Cut with round cutter.
• Lay on cookie sheet, and add 1 Tablespoon (about) ground raisin mixture to each cookie.
• Top with another round cookie, pinch sides together.
• Bake@ 350 8-10 minutes or until just starting to brown.

Steps:

• For dough:.
• Cream together shortening and sugars.
• Add eggs, one at a time. Beating well after each addition.
• Stir in water.
• In a small bowl, mix flour, salt and soda.
• Add wet ingredients, mixing well.
• Divide dough into four parts.
• Roll each section into a 2 inch thick log.
• Wrap in plastic wrap or wax paper.
• Chill for several hours or overnight.
• For Filling:.
• Combine ingredients for filling in a saucepan.
• Stir and heat to boiling.
• Cook until thickened - then cool.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Using one roll of dough at a time, cut dough into 1/4 inch thick slices.
• Lay slices on a greased baking sheet, leaving ample space between cookies.
• Place a teaspoon of filling on dough.
• Place another slice of dough on top, dough slices can be left unsealed, or for a slight decoration, press together with tines of a fork.
• Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool on rack, cookies freeze well.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, over medium heat, combine the 1/3 cup of sugar, water, raisins, butter and pinch of salt. Bring ingredients to a boil, and cook until thick, you should be able to see the bottom of the pan while stirring when finished. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Sift together the flour, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, salt and baking powder, set aside. In a medium bowl, cream shortening and sugar until smooth. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Add dry ingredients, mix until blended, then finally stir in the milk.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into 2 1/2 inch circles. Place a teaspoon of filling onto the center of half of the cookies. Cover with the other half of the cookies. Press the edges together with the tines of a fork. Sprinkle with sugar and bake on unprepared cookie sheets for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven.

Steps:

• For filling, mix raisins, salt, sugar, nutmeg, and vinegar in a sauce pan. Put on to boil and when boiling, add cornstarch dissolved in water. After it comes to a full boil again, remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• For dough, cream the shortening, sugar, and eggs, and then add the salt, extract, milk, and nutmeg. Add enough flour (about 5 cups) to make the dough easy to handle.
• Roll dough on a floured surface to a thickness similar to pie crust (about 1/8 inch). Use a cookie cutter to cut circles about 3 inches across. Drop a teaspoon of filling on a circle and cover with another, pressing out all air and press around the edges to seal.
• Optional: Brush top surface with milk and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
• Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 F for 18-20 minutes.