Mom’s Soft Raisin Cookies
With four sons in service during World War II, my mother sent these favorite cookies as a taste from home to "her boys" in different parts of the world. These days, my 11 grandchildren are enjoying them as we did, along with my stories of long ago.— Pearl Cochenour, Williamsport, Ohio
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups raisins
- 1 cup shortening
- 1-3/4 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Reviews
A personal favorite! This brought me back to my Mamaw's house and helping her make these from time to time. I have also taken this same recipe and used only 1/2 C. raisins, substituting 1/2 C. semisweet chocolate chips with 1 C. old fashioned oats, and walnuts for pecans and then the recipe tastes just like Mamaw's Chocolate Chip Raisin Oatmeal Cookies! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe - she would explain her recipes by saying it is some of this, a little of that, etc. It has been hard to match her recipes, but this is really very, very close to two of my favorite cookie recipes she made.
I made these years ago for my kids. We called them Rocks then because of they are left out, they become hard as rocks. The only difference is we use butter because we don't keep much shortening in the house. I'm fact, we substitute unsalted butter for almost everything.
These are wonderful cookies! For a change every now and then, finely grate the zest of an orange and rub it into the sugar between your thumb and finger before beginning. At Christmas I soak the raisins in spiced rum. Freshly grated nutmeg makes a huge difference.
Have made this recipe for years,got it from my mom, my husbands favourite. Moms were called Jumbo Raison Cookies, ingredients the same as above but some of her amounts are different. They are both excellent recipes. Definitely not a bland recipe. Nummy!
I just made these for the first time!! We love this recipe. My husband, who isn't a sweet eater, even remarked on how much he liked them. These remind me of an old fashioned sugar cookie recipe my Mom use to make at Christmas time with raisins added.
Made these for Mother's Day and what a hit! So soft & tasty.
I, too, plan on making these today. They sound good. My Mother made Raisin Cookies, too. She never wrote down the recipe. From what I remember, they sound similar. I have her recipe book, but it is not in there. I will not put nuts in because we have allergies in our family to nuts. Thanks for the recipe.
My husband and I thought they were bland. Will not make again. I like oatmeal raisin cookies better.
Love this cookie. Bless you Mom. So good
Planning to make these today....am amazed that so many reviewers don't read the instructions, though. The recipe plainly states "do not drain" the raisin mixture! C'mon, people, pay attention! Anyway, I do not plan to add nuts as I don't care for them in baked products. Sounds like 4 stars to me.