Grandma Wright's Sugar Cookies

dessert · from the kitchen of Grandma Wright

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40 min active · 1 hr 5 min total (times estimated)

Ingredients

Cookie Dough

  • 1 cup shortening, heaping
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ⅔ cup sweet milk
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ⅔ teaspoon nutmeg
  • Flour until thick (approximately 4–5 cups)

Raisin Filling

  • Raisins (no quantity given)
  • Sugar (no quantity given)
  • Cinnamon (no quantity given)
  • ½ teaspoon flour (for thickening)

Steps

Cookie Dough

  1. Combine shortening, sugar, eggs, milk, salt, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla, and nutmeg. Stir together.
  2. Add flour until the dough is thick (approximately 4–5 cups).
  3. Roll the dough out thin and cut into cookies.

Raisin Filling

  1. In a small saucepan, combine raisins, sugar, cinnamon, and ½ teaspoon flour.
  2. Cook and stir over heat until the mixture thickens and raisins are soft.
  3. Spread raisin filling thinly on one cut cookie, then top with a second cookie.
  4. Sprinkle sugar on top.
  5. Bake at 350° until done (baking time not specified).