Persian Raisin Cookies (Shirini Kishmishi)
 
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 4 dozen
Ingredients
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground saffron dissolved in 1 tsp hot water (optional)
  • 1 cup flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup raisins
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Cream together butter and sugar for 2 minutes, until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and saffron water; beat until incorporated. Slowly add the flour on low speed of the mixer. Mix until it forms a dough.
  3. Fold in raisins.
  4. Line a baking pan with parchment paper. Using a small cookie scoop, drop teaspoonful sized cookies onto cookie sheet, spacing them at least 2 inches apart.
  5. Bake 15 minutes until golden around the edges. Cool for 4 minutes on baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
  6. Store in an airtight container.
Recipe by Sweet Dash of Sass at http://sweetdashofsass.com/2013/12/persian-raisin-cookies-shirini-kishmishi/