Raisin Rats
These cookies are buttery with a rich brown sugar flavor, and just the right amount of raisins.
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- Serves: 3 persons
Ingredients
- 2teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼cup white sugar
- 2cups all-purpose flour
- 1cup packed brown sugar
- ¼teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¾cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1egg
- 1cup raisins
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets. In a small shallow dish, stir together the cinnamon and white sugar; set aside.Step 2
In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, brown sugar and nutmeg. Cut in butter using a pastry blender or your fingers, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add egg, and mix into a stiff dough. It may take a minute or two for the dough to come together. Mix in raisins. Roll dough into 1 inch balls, and roll the balls in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.Step 3
Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned just around the edges. Remove from baking sheets to wire racks to cool.