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Poor Man’s Cookies* Recipe

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This recipe for Poor Man’s Cookies* is from Pedder/Novak Family Cookbook: Revised August 2014, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup raisins (cooked until plump)
Use 1 cup of juice that the raisins were cooked in.
Add ½ cup shortening, melted in hot raisin juice.
Add 1 tsp. of soda while warm.

1 cup sugar
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 egg
2 cups flour
pinch salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves
1 cup chopped nuts
Directions:
Directions:
Pour or spread on a standard cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Ice with powdered sugar icing while still warm, if desired.

 

 

 

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