Grandma’s Old Fashioned Girl Scout Cookies

This recipe was clipped from a newspaper and comes from a collection of recipes dating from the 1960s through 1970s. 

Grandma’s Old Fashioned Girl Scout Cookies

One cup raisins
One cup shortening or butter
One cup granulated sugar
One cup brown sugar
One tsp. vanilla
2 eggs, beaten
One tsp. baking soda
Three cups all-purpose flour
Two tsps. baking powder
One-fourth tsp. salt
One cup nuts
One cup oatmeal

Simmer raisins slowly in small quantity of water and cool. Cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy, add vanilla and eggs and mix thoroughly. Dissolve soda in small amount of raisin juice. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add these gradually to creamed mixture. Add nuts and oatmeal. If dough is not stiff, add more flour or oats. Chill overnight. Drop by teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheet, flatten out. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven about ten minutes or until brown.–Yields six to seven dozen.

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