Raisin Cinnamon or Chocolate Chip Cookies

  1. Set oven to 375.
  2. In a small bowl break a egg in a bowl beat with a rotary beater.
  3. Beat until light and foamy.
  4. Set aside.
  5. In a large bowl measure shortening.
  6. Pack the brown sugar in a measuring cup and dump into shortening.
  7. Then cream together.
  8. Pour the beaten egg onto creamed mixture.
  9. Add vanilla and water.
  10. Beat the mixture with a mixing spoon.
  11. Beat until you have smooth, creamy batter.
  12. Set aside.
  13. Measure the flour, the baking soda, and the salt into a sifter.
  14. Sift them into a bowl.
  15. Pour about half the sifted ingredients onto the creamed mixture.
  16. Stir.
  17. Then pour the other half inches Stir until all the flour is blended into the batter.
  18. You have a batter that can be used to make two different kinds of cookies.
  19. If you are making Raisin Cinnamon Cookies, do this now: Measure the cinnamon and sprinkle it over the batter.
  20. Stir it inches Then dump in the raisins, and stir them into the batter.
  21. If you are making Chocolate Chip Cookies, do this now: Dump in the package of semisweet chocolate bits.
  22. (Do not put in any cinnamon).
  23. Stir the chocolate bits into the batter.
  24. Shape and bake the cookies: Use an "eating" teaspoon.
  25. One full teaspoon of batter makes one cookie.
  26. Dip the spoon into the batter and push the batter off onto the greased cookie sheet.
  27. These cookies will get bigger in the oven, so leave plenty of room around each cookie.
  28. Put the cookie sheet into the hot oven.
  29. The cookies should be ready in 12 minutes.
  30. (If you have another cookie sheet, get another batch ready for the oven now).
  31. When the cookies come out of the oven lift them off the cookie sheet with a spatula and set them on a wire rack to cool.
  32. The next time you try this recipe, you may want to divide the dough in half after step 7 and make half raisin cinnamon cookies and half chocolate chip cookies.
  33. Use half the amount of raisins, cinnamon, and chocolate bits.
  34. together.

egg, butter, light brown sugar, vanilla, water, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, raisins, semisweet chocolate bits

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/raisin-cinnamon-or-chocolate-chip-cookies-341072 (may not work)

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