This recipe will make approx 36 cookies.

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup nuts
1 teaspoon clove
3/4 cup coffee
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour

Method

1 Cream the shortening and the sugar together.

2 Beat the egg and add it.

3 Mix these ingredients together thoroughly.

4 Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder and spices together.

5 Add this alternately with the coffee to your shortening/sugar mixture.

6 Add the raisins, nuts and flavoring and mix together thoroughly.

7 If needed you can add additional flour to make a drop cookie dough.

8 Taking a teaspoon drop onto a well greased baking sheet.

9 Bake in moderate oven (400 degrees F.) about 15 minutes.

Note from Grandma:

This is a recipe that I have found and used, the kids love the smell coming from the kitchen and can’t wait to try them. Usually the first one in line is the biggest kid of all…. my husband.