This is a delicious cookie that combines two of my favorite things: raisins and cinnamon!  It has a buttery flavor that you will love.  This recipe is an old favorite of mine.  It is one of the three cookie recipes that my sister and I would bake on snowy days when we were bored. We would make this cookie because it was easy to make and we usually had all of the ingredients on hand.  We would alternate between this recipe, Peanut Butter Cookies, and chocolate chip cookies.  My sister would spend all day trying to make the perfect chocolate chip cookie, which is something she still tries to do to this day.  You can tell this Cinnamon Raisin Cookie recipe takes me down memory lane, and after you make it you will see why. So let’s get out the ingredients, because you won’t want to miss out on this wonderful cookie.

You will need an egg, softened butter, brown sugar, vanilla, water, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and raisins.

Break the egg into a bowl and whisk the egg until it is light and foamy.

Now get out a large mixing bowl and add the softened butter and brown sugar. 

Cream the shortening and brown sugar together.

Pour the beaten egg into the creamed mixture.

Add the vanilla and the water.

Stir the mixture until you have a smooth creamy batter and set the mixing bowl aside.  Measure the flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.

 Pour about half of the flour mixture into the creamed sugar mixture and stir it in.

Then stir the second half of the flour into the batter.   Next measure and sprinkle the cinnamon over the batter and then stir it in. 

Then dump in the raisins and stir them in the batter.

Drop spoonfuls of batter on a parchment lined cookie sheet.

Bake in a 375 degree oven for 10-12 minutes.  Cool cookies on a wire rack.

Now it is time to enjoy this buttery, and yummy cookie.  If your kids are bored this winter, they may want to try this recipe out.