Amish Raisin Puffs Recipes

AMISH SOFT RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Add boiling water to raisins.
• Cook 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Cream crisco and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla -- and beat well.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices.
• Add alternately with raisin liquid to creamed mixture.
• Stir in raisins and nuts.
• Chill dough several hours or overnight.
• Drop by teaspoonsful onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350* for 12 minutes.

RAISIN PUFFS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil.
• Stir in raisins.
• Continue to boil (watching carefully and stirring if necessary) until the water is absorbed by the raisins.
• Set aside and cool.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small mixing bowl; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl cream 1 1/2 cups sugar with the butter.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Mix in dry ingredients.
• Stir in raisins.
• In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon.
• Shape dough into 1 - inch balls.
• Roll balls in sugar and cinnamon mixture.
• Place 2-inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375°F for 8 minutes.
• Important! Bake for only 8 minutes for a soft cookie - they become firm as they cool.

AMISH BREAKFAST PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Grease muffin pans.
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• In a bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and mace.
• In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the sugar, oil, egg and vanilla for 30 seconds.
• Add the flour mixture and milk alternaturely to the egg mixture, beating on low speed for 30 seconds after each addition until just combined.
• Fill 10 muffin cups 2/3 full of batter.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until tops of muffins are firm and golden.
• While the muffins are baking, prepare the coating.
• In a shallow bowl, combine the 1/2 cup sugar and the cinnamon.
• In another bowl, melt the butter or margarine.
• When the muffins are done baking, while they're still hot, roll each in melted butter and then to coat all over in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
• Serve immediately as they are, or with butter and jelly.

AMISH RAISIN PUFFS

Steps:

• Boil raisins in water until water is gone. Then add butter and baking soda. In another pot, heat together vanilla, eggs, and sugar. Add to raisin mixture and stir. In large bowl, combine raisin mixture with flour and salt. Mix well. Flour hands and roll dough into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 min.