Surprise!

I am posting another cookie recipe from Grandma Passey. I hope I get everything right this time. This recipe was another of my favorites and I do not recall seeing anyone else make them. It is called "surprise cookie" but I don't remember calling them that as a kid. It was the cookie that was like a hot pocket but a cookie that was filled with a nut and raisin mixture. Here goes:

Surprise Cookies

2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening (2 cubes butter)
2eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup milk
6 tsp baking powder
6-7 cups of flour
pinch of salt
Mix together in order given - sift baking powder with flour. Roll out thin and cut.

Filling
1 package (1 pound) raisins chopped (boil with 1 cup hot water)
1 rounded tbsp flour mixed with 1 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp salt
After raisins have cooked a few minutes, add sugar, salt, and flour mixture.
Add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts before removing from heat.
Add 1 tsp vanilla.
Bake at 375 degrees approx 12 minutes.

Happy baking!

Can I start over?

OK, thanks to my wife for telling me to pay more attention to my spelling and grammar. I must also give a "shout out" to my sister Carol for proofing the recipe. I must have really been spaced out last Sunday night. I really messed up copying the recipe. So, for clarity, this is what I should have put down.

Drop Sugar Cookies

1 cup shortening or 2 cubes butter/margarine
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp lemon extract
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
5 tbsp sour cream or 1/4 cup and a little bit more canned milk with 1 tbsp vinegar
4 cups flower
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar

These are the ingredients, mix as listed previously. Bake for 11 minutes at 350.

So sorry for the confusion - thanks everyone for keeping a close eye on me.

Doug

You gotta love educaters

OK, so my fingers move a little faster than my brain. It's great being married to a teacher so she can correct my grammar and misspellings. I am sorry, my last post had multiple errors. I was only kidding about the teacher thing - I am very proud of what Shirley does and I am only teasing her. Perhaps I ought to use the spell check more than I do!

What's Cookin' in Grandma's KIgtchen?

I had a request from Jenny to post some recipes from Grandma Passey's recipe box. I had forgotten that we rescued it. I will start with some cookie recipes and will try and post a little more often now that I have something to say, Thanks to Jenny for asking about them and thanks to Shirley for suggesting I pu them on the blog. I will have to start with my personal favorite - sugar cookies. Not the kind you frost but the kind Mom made that never saw anyone else make.

Drop Sugar Cookies
1 cup shortning (2 cubes butter)
2 cups butter
3 eggs
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp lemon extract
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
5 tblsp sur cream
4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tarter

Cream shortning and suger. Add eggs and beat 3 minutes. Add cream and stir well. Add flavoring. Add dry ingredients sifted together. Drop from spoon. Bake at 350 for 11 minutes.

I haven't had these since I left home, I guess I will have to make them myself!