Raisin Filled Cookies

Raisin Filled Cookies

1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar (1 brown, one white)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift together 6 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 3 teaspoonsbaking
powder.
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda in 1 tablespoon boiling water

Raisin Filling:
1 cup raisins
2 cups water
1 cup sugar
pinch of salt
thicken with 1 or 1 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
teaspoon vanilla

Cook Raisin mixture (without vanilla) 5 to 10 minutes then
add vanilla.

Mix cookie ingredients: Cream sugars,
shortening, and eggs. Add vanilla and dry ingredients,
sour milk, and soda mixture. Roll out and cut with a
drinking glass Add a dollop of filling and cover with
another cookie, pinch together.
Bake 350º for 8-10 minutes until lightly
browned.
Aunt Yvonne's Notes: My sisters & I will always remember the
day that it snowed and when we got off the bus our
parents met us with raisin cookies and snowmen.