Raisin Crisscross Cookies Recipes

LEMON RAISIN CRISSCROSS COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter with sugar.
• Blend in egg and lemon extract.
• Sift together dry ingredients and add, mixing until a compact dough is formed.
• Stir in raisins.
• Roll in 1 inch balls.
• Place on lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Flatten with fork dipped in flour, making a crisscross pattern.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

LEMON RAISIN CRISSCROSS COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter with sugar. Blend in egg and lemon extract. Sift together dry ingredients and add to butter-sugar mixture and mix until a compact dough is formed. Stir in raisins. Roll into 1 inch balls.
• 2. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet. Flatten with fork dipped in flour, making a crisscross pattern. Bake at 400 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.

RAISIN CRISSCROSS COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix sugar, shortening, butter, egg and extract in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into balls. Place 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in flour (or use the potato masher!).
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.

OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS RAISIN DELIGHTS

Steps:

• To Make The Dough: Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together; set aside.
• Cream the butter with 3/4 cup of the brown sugar and the white sugar. Beat in the eggs, milk and vanilla. Mix at high speed for 2 minutes, then reduce speed and gradually blend in the flour mixture. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 3 hours.
• To Make Raisin Filling: Grind the raisins. In a medium saucepan combine the ground raisins, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup water, salt and lemon juice. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 3 minutes.
• Combine the cornstarch and 2 tablespoons of the water and mix until smooth. Add to the raisin mixture and continue to simmer until thick. Remove from heat and let cool. Once cool, stir in the chopped nuts.
• Preheat Oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
• On a floured surface, roll out the chilled dough to 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 2 3/4 inch rounds. Place rounds on the prepared baking sheet. Place a heaping teaspoon of the raisin filling on the cookie round and top with another round. Crimp the edges closed.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on sheet until just barely warm.

RETRO RAISIN CRISSCROSS COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or leave ungreased and set aside.2. Into a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt, then lightly whisk and set aside.3. In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer set on low speed, beat the butter until creamy, about 30 seconds. On medium speed, add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, lemon extract, and zest until well blended, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl as necessary. Turn off the mixer, add half of the flour mixture, and beat on low speed until blended. Add the remaining flour and beat until blended. The dough will be stiff. Stir in the raisins. Chill the dough for one hour.4. Pinch off a tablespoonful of the dough at a time, and roll each into a ball. Arrange on the baking sheet, 21/2 inches apart. Lightly dip the back of a fork into flour and flatten the cookies with the tines to make ridges, first in one direction, then the other. Bake until the tops are golden, 12 to 16 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a rack to cool.VariationsFor Golden Raisin Crisscross Cookies, follow the main recipe, substituting golden raisins for the black ones. For Autumn's Best Crisscross Cookies, substitute chopped dried fruit for the raisins.From Holiday Baking. Text copyright © 2005 by Sara Perry. Photographs copyright © 2005 by Leigh Beisch. All rights reserved. First published by Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, California.