raisin rats

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 cup raisins

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 20 mins


• preheat the oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). lightly grease cookie sheets. in a small shallow dish, stir together the cinnamon and white sugar; set aside.
• in a medium bowl, stir together the flour, brown sugar and nutmeg. cut in butter using a pastry blender or your fingers, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. add egg, and mix into a stiff dough. it may take a minute or two for the dough to come together. mix in raisins. roll dough into 1 inch balls, and roll the balls in the cinnamon sugar mixture. place cookies 2 inches apart the prepared cookie sheets.
• bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned just around the edges. remove from baking sheets to wire racks to cool.