Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, soft raisin cookies. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Combine water and raisins in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. In a large bowl, beat the first six ingredients; beat until blended. Put raisins and water in small saucepan. Add eggs and vanilla – and beat well.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have soft raisin cookies using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Soft Raisin Cookies:
- Get 1 cup Raisins OR Sultanas *coarsely chopped
- Take 2-3 tablespoons Marmalade
- Take 1 & 1/2 cups Self Raising Flour
- Prepare 1-2 tablespoons Sugar
- Make ready 1 pinch Salt
- Take 1/2 cup Milk
- Take 1 Egg *lightly whisked, save 1 tablespoonful for brushing
- Get 20 g Butter *melted
In a medium bowl, cream the shortening and brown sugar. Sift together the flour, cinnamon and baking soda; stir into the creamed mixture. Raisin Mixture: Soak raisins in hot water. When plumb and soft, drain water and grind.
Steps to make Soft Raisin Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a large baking tray with baking paper. *Note: You might need two trays.
- Mix coarsely chopped Raisins/Sultanas and Marmalade in a small bowl to make the filling.
- Place all dry ingredients in a bowl, add Milk, Egg and Butter and mix well to form a soft dough, knead, gradually adding extra flour if required, until smooth. Divide in half.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out a half of the dough into a large rectangle. Spread the raisin filling evenly on the dough. Rolled out the other half of the dough into same size rectangle and place it on the filling to cover.
- Now you can roll out the dough sandwich into a 5mm thin large rectangle. If your baking tray is not large enough, cut the dough sandwich in half and bake using two trays.
- Gently brush with the saved Egg and bake for about 15 minutes or until nicely browned.
- Cut into 5 x 5cm squares and cool. *Note: You can cut before baking if you prefer.
- For crispier texture, arrange the cut cookies back onto the baking tray and leave them in still hot oven (140°C) for 15 to 20 more minutes.
Raisin Mixture: Soak raisins in hot water. When plumb and soft, drain water and grind. Put in saucepan and add sugar, salt, and water. Mix the flour with just enough water to make smooth paste, then add to raisin mixture. Let come to boil, then set off to cool.
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