A flavorful broth is cooked with sautéed onion, green pepper, and white rice. You can make a fantastic side dish that is sure to impress by adding some black beans!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 12 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 28 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 cookies |
Ingredients
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chopped raisins
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream together shortening and 1 cup sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg, then stir in the cream and vanilla. Combine 3 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate dough for 2 hours, or until firm.
- To make the filling: In a medium saucepan over medium heat, stir together 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon flour. Mix in the raisins, walnuts and water. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Using a round cutter, cut out 48 circles 2 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter. Assemble the cookies by placing one onto the cookie sheet, place a teaspoon of filling in the center, then cover with another cookie. Press the edges together with a fork to seal. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing cookies 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks. CAUTION: Filling will be EXTREMELY HOT!
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 211 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 33 g |
| Cholesterol | 15 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 137 mg |
| Sugars | 17 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Mr. LTH loves raisin filled cookies. I think raisins are the worst prank ever when you bite into a cookie thinking it’s a chocolate chip and discovering it’s just an elderly raisin. That being said, this rating stems largely from him. He deemed them “really good”. I followed the recipe as is, subbing oat milk for the heavy cream as Mr. LTH is eating vegan. Dough was a touch crumbly and next time I’ll likely skip the refrigerating step (likely had to do with the lack of fat in the oat milk). Simple enough, post chilling, yielding only 17 cookies (using the smallest round biscuit cutter I could find). Also, how does one chop sticky raisins… Thank you, for the recipe!
Maybe because I’m not German I wasn’t able to appreciate these cookies like the rest of the reviewers did. I found that these are very time consuming to make. I made only half the recipe, cutting the cookies into 2 1/2″ circles. I wound up with 23 cookies instead of 12. Visually they are very pale. An egg wash or even a sprinkle of sugar before baking would brown them nicely. If I ever make these again I will roll them out and cut into 4″ circles, place filling and fold over, empanada style. Easier and not as time consuming.
Really great cookie! A nice addition to my Christmas tray this year, and something that would be nice anytime with tea. A little time consuming compared to a drop cookie, but not bad, and worth it for something not sooooo sugary sweet. Got more comments on this one than on any of the other dozen types of cookies on the tray!
This is my new favorite!! They taste great and they keep very well.
Just like Grandmas.
These are soooooooooo good.
very tasty–added chopped mixed fruit for a different flavor