Click for Cookbook LOGIN
"We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons."--Alfred E. Newman

RUM CURRANT COOKIES Recipe

  Tried it? Rate this Recipe:
 

 

This recipe for RUM CURRANT COOKIES is from Grandmother Kathryn's Baking Recipes, 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!
Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
¾ cup dried currants
¼ cup rum
⅔ cup sugar
½ cup butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1½ cups flour
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375º
Grease cookie sheet

Add currants to rum and soak for 2 hours till plump.

Cream sugar and butter.
Add egg and vanilla, mixing till blended.
Stir in soaked currants and rum.
Add flour a little at a time. Mix well after each addition.

Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough onto cookie sheet and spread slightly, keeping cookies small and round

Bake 5 - 6 minutes or until browned around edges.
Cool on racks
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
5 dozen
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I smiled when I read my mother's comment on the recipe: "Excellent. I used real rum. 12/23/75"
Her mother, Ada Showalter Baxter, was raised as a Mennonite.

 

 

 

Learn more about the process to create a cookbook -- or
Start your own personal family cookbook right now!  Here's to good eating!

Search for more great recipes here from over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!

 

 

 

61W  

Cookbooks are great for Holiday Gifts, Wedding Gifts, Bridal Shower ideas and Family Reunions!

*Recipes and photos entered into the Family Cookbook Project are provided by the submitting contributors. All rights are retained by the contributor. Please contact us if you believe copyright violations have occurred.

Search for more great recipes here from over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!