Golden Raisin Butter Cookies

By Maggie May Schill
@NakedMaggie

I was making carrot bread the other day and forgot to put the raisins in the bread. (A travesty I know!) However, on the brighter side of things, I had plenty of raisins left to make my butter cookies. They should be light, delicately crisp on the outside and tender in the middle. Buttery and lightly sweet! One of my favorite little snacks. A very simple pleasure, and about 60 calories per cookie.
ENJOY!

Rating:

★★★★★ 1 vote

Comments:

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Serves:

3-4 dozen

Prep:

15 Min

Cook:

10 Min

Method:

Bake

Ingredients

3 1/2 c: flour
1 1/2 c: sugar
1 tsp: salt
2 tsp: baking soda
2 tsp: cream of tartar
2 large: eggs
1 c: butter, softened
1 1/2 Tbsp: lemon juice
2 tsp: pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 c: golden raisins
3 Tbsp: course cane sugar (garnish )

How to Make Golden Raisin Butter Cookies

Step-by-Step

1Pre-heat oven to 375'F
2In a medium bowl sift flour, salt, baking powder and cream of tartar together. Set aside.
3With a hand mixer, cream butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Once completely creamed, mix in vanilla and lemon juice.
4Mix one egg at a time into butter sugar mixture.
5With hand mixer on low, slowly stir in flour mixture in batches until completely incorporated.
6Fold in golden raisins.
7Roll dough out into 1 inch balls and lay out onto a greased cookie sheet. Flatten balls out with a fork (like you would a peanut butter cookie.) Sprinkle with course sugar.

Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden.