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Raisin-Filled Cookies

Our family has been making these flavorful cookies for years and years. We love the sweet raisin filling hidden in each cookie.

21 ServingsPrep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch

Ingredients

1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter, softened
3 eggs
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons buttermilk
FILLING:
1 tablespoon cornstarch
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups boiling water
1-1/2 cup seedless raisins

Directions

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

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Raisin-Filled Cookies (continued)

Directions (continued)

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. Yield: about 3-1/2 dozen.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (2 each) equals 351 calories, 10 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 54 mg cholesterol, 245 mg sodium, 62 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 5 g protein.