Raisin Cookies are a much healthier alternative to Choc Chip Cookies.
They are an English teatime favourite.
Also known as Rock Cakes.
Maybe because they have a rough surface like a rock or they look like little rocky mountains.
Who knows?
Ingredients:
This recipe makes 36 cookies
125g Margarine
1C Sugar
3 Eggs
1 ½t Vanilla
Essence
2 ½C Cake Flour
2 ½t Baking
Powder
¼t Salt
1 ½C Raisins
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Add the Margarine, Sugar, Eggs and Vanilla Essence
into a bowl and mix everything until it is light and fluffy.
Tip:
You can do this by hand or with a Mixer.
3. Add the Raisins, Cake Flour, Baking Powder and
Salt to the mixture.
4. Gently fold everything together by hand.
5. Coat the Baking Sheet pans with Cooking Spray or
Oil.
Tip: You can also
use Grease Proof Baking Paper.
6. Spoon 1 ½ t of the mixture onto the pan.
7. 12 per Baking Sheet Pan. Spread and space them evenly.
8. Spoon a little sugar on the top of each cookie.
9. Bake them in the oven for 12-15
minutes.
10. When they are golden brown, remove them from the oven and allow them to cool.
Believe me these cookies are so delicious you will gobble
them up.
Lotsa Love
CarolC