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Recipe #2069 | Created on November 5, 2011
Categories: Fruit, Raisin, North American, Oven Bake (more)
Raisin Puffs
"A family favorite since 1989 when I clipped this recipe from a Midwest Living magazine. We love them! "
- 1 cup water
- 1 1/2 cups raisins
- 2 cups sugar, divided (1 1/2 cups and 1/2 cup)
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
What You Will Need
No special items needed.
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375F (190C and gas mark 5).
Step 2
Bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan. Stir in raisins and continue boiling, stirring as needed, until the water is absorbed by the raisins. Set aside; cool.
Step 3
In a large mixing bowl cream butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
Step 4
Combine flour, baking soda and salt with the butter mixture. Stir in raisins.
Step 5
In a small bowl combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon.
Step 6
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in the sugar/cinnamon mixture. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Step 7
Bake cookies 8 minutes; remove from oven and cool on cookie sheet until they have firmed. !Important! Bake cookies only eight minutes for a soft cookie because they firm up as they cool.
- Serving Size: 1 (24.1 g)
- Calories 80
- Total Fat - 4.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.9 g
- Cholesterol - 7.4 mg
- Sodium - 63.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 6.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.4 g
- Sugars - 1 g
- Protein - 3.4 g
- Calcium - 22.5 mg
- Iron - 0.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg