Name: Rum and Raisin Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 Cups All Purpose Flour PLUS approx 1 cup extra flour; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1 tsp. Ground Cloves; 1 tsp. Ginger; 1 tsp. Cinnamon; 3 tsp. Baking Soda; 2 Cups Sugar; 1 & 1/2 Cups Crisco OIL, or Wesson; 2 eggs; 2 Cups Raisins; 1/2 Cup Molasses; Zest and juice of 2 Clementines or 1 Orange; 1 Tablespoon Morgan's Spiced Rum, you can use Rum flavoring if you don't want alcohol

Rum and Raisin Cookies with a hint of orange, a delicious flavor combo, crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside!

Rum, Orange and Raisin Cookies - A delicious flavor combo, crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside!

After making Nanny Pat's Delicious Cookies, I was blown away by the texture and flavours and decided I would make some variations, using Nanny's cookie recipe as my foundation, to which I could add all kinds of different flavours.

These rum and raisin cookies with orange are amazing! You get an orange zesty rum flavour, together with added spices, and then the juicy raisins in every bite. The outer is crunchy and the inner is chewy, so you get the best of both worlds!

Recipe adapted from Pat Milton

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7) Rum and Raisin Cookies

8) Recipes using Rum

Prep Time

5 - 10 minutes plus 15 minutes rest

Cook Time

Approx 10 minutes

Yield

makes 5-6 dozen

Ingredients

4 Cups All Purpose Flour PLUS approx 1 cup extra flour
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. Ground Cloves
1 tsp. Ginger
1 tsp. Cinnamon
3 tsp. Baking Soda
2 Cups Sugar
1 & ½ Cups Crisco OIL, or Wesson
2 eggs
2 Cups Raisins
½ Cup Molasses
Zest and juice of 2 Clementines or 1 Orange
1 Tablespoon Morgan's Spiced Rum, you can use Rum flavoring if you don't want alcohol

Instructions

1. Soak the raisins in boiling water for 10 minutes, then drain very well. Once drained, add the clementine / orange zest and juice to the raisins and rum if using.

Combine well and leave to soak whilst you start on the cookies. (soaking the raisins overnight in the orange mix is even better!)

Lemon Raisin Molasses Cookies, showing raisins soaking

2. Mix well in a large bowl the eggs and sugar.

3. Then Add Crisco OIL (or Wesson) and Molasses
(I put the molasses in the measuring unit that I put the oil in, and makes it slip right out)

4. Add the raisins and liquid to the egg & sugar mixture. Combine.

5. I use my stand mixer and then, Mix the ingredients below together, and add them slowly to the bowl, while the mixer is running very slow:- flour, salt, ginger, cinnamon and baking Soda.
At this point, you may need to add the extra flour until the cookie dough becomes stiff enough to roll into balls. Use your judgement here.

Every brand of flour is different and also how much liquid your raisins have absorbed.

6. Important: let stand for 15-20 min.

7. Form into balls (about 1 inch rounds). Put granulated sugar in a wide short bowl, Roll in the sugar, placing them on cookie sheets (UNgreased). I only put 9 to a sheet.

8. Bake on UNgreased cookie sheet for 10 min., @ 350 degrees. Let set only 1 min. & then Carefully (very carefully) with a large thin spatula. remove to a rack to cool.

Lemon Raisin Molasses Cookies, showing cookies on cooling rack

9. Make a lovely cup of tea and enjoy a cookie or two!

We'd love to hear from you and what you thought of our recipe. Did you make any changes or add some other ingredients? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!

Rum and Raisin Cookies with a hint of orange, a delicious flavor combo, crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside!

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Rum and Raisin Cookies

Yield: 5 - 6 Dozen

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Rum and Raisin Cookies with a hint of orange, a delicious flavor combo, crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside!

Ingredients

4 Cups All Purpose Flour PLUS approx 1 cup extra flour
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. Ground Cloves
1 tsp. Ginger
1 tsp. Cinnamon
3 tsp. Baking Soda
2 Cups Sugar
1 & ½ Cups Crisco OIL, or Wesson
2 eggs
2 Cups Raisins
½ Cup Molasses
Zest and juice of 2 Clementines or 1 Orange
1 Tablespoon Morgan's Spiced Rum, you can use Rum flavoring if you don't want alcohol

Instructions

Soak the raisins in boiling water for 10 minutes, then drain very well. Once drained, add the clementine/orange zest and juice to the raisins and rum if using. Combine well and leave to soak whilst you start on the cookies. (soaking the raisins overnight in the orange mix is even better!)
Mix well in a large bowl the eggs and sugar.
Then Add Crisco OIL (or Wesson) and Molasses. TIP: (I put the molasses in the measuring unit that I put the oil in, and makes it slip right out.
Add the raisins and liquid to the egg & sugar mixture. Combine.
I use my stand mixer and then, Mix the ingredients below together, and add them slowly to the bowl, while the mixer is running very slow:- flour, salt, cloves. ginger, cinnamon, and baking Soda.
At this point, you may need to add the extra flour until the cookie dough becomes stiff enough to roll into balls. Use your judgment here. Every brand of flour is different and also how much liquid your raisins have absorbed. Important: let stand for 15-20 min.
Form into balls (about 1-inch rounds). Put granulated sugar in a wide short bowl, Roll in the sugar, placing them on cookie sheets (UNgreased). I only put 9 on a sheet.
Bake on UNgreased cookie sheet for 10 min., @ 350 degrees. Let set for only 1 min. & then carefully (very carefully) with a large thin spatula. remove to a rack to cool.
Make a lovely cup of tea and enjoy a cookie or two!