My mother frequently prepared this cookie because it was one of her favorites. These cookies were usually available with tea when Mom had a large gathering of family and friends over.
| Servings: | 48 |
| Yield: | 3 to 4 dozen |
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 ½ cups packed brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup raisins
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Cream together the shortening and the butter. Add the brown sugar and cream until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs until well blended.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves over the creamed mixture. Mix in then stir in the raisins, nuts and dates.
- Drop cookies onto ungreased baking sheets and bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 111 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 16 g |
| Cholesterol | 17 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 68 mg |
| Sugars | 11 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
good recipe. One bowl for all of it. cooked up nice. didn”t have raisins, uaed craisins , some walnut, and a few slice almonds. turned out quite goodr. will make again
Soo nice this recipe! thanks
sooo good an amazing spiced cookie recipe!
Excellent. Followed other reviewer’s suggestion and added 2T of flour to the batter as it did seem pretty moist. We’re very good.
Good. Probably really good with tea. The dough was quite sticky so I stuck it in the fridge for a while. They turned out a little cake-like after I added a little extra flour (2T).
Great cookies, they disappeared so quickly I will need to make some more.
These are great cookies. I substituted butter for shortening. I took them to a woman’s tea party and they were a hit. Thanks so much for the recipe.
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