All the delicious flavors of individual raisin filled cookies in one simple bar!
Raisin filled cookies are one of my favorite cookies! I have a wonderful raisin filled cookie recipe from my gram, but sometimes I don’t have the time to make them. So I decided to make them into bars. You still get the gooey raisin filled center and delicious dough, but made in a much simpler way! Once they’re done, you can slice them into bars and enjoy!
Ingredients are as follows:
Dough:
1/2 C shortening
1/2 C margarine
2 C brown sugar
2 eggs
3 3/4 C flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
Filling:
1 large box of raisins
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
3/4 C brown sugar
1/2 C water
Directions:Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place raisins, cornstarch, brown sugar and water into a small saucepan.
Simmer over medium heat until thickened. Turn off heat; allow to cool.
Cream shortening, margarine and brown sugar together.
Add eggs and mix until incorporated.
Add flour, baking soda and vanilla. Mix until completely combined.
Cover the bottom of a cookie sheet with saran wrap. Press half of the dough onto the cookie sheet, covering it completely.
Using the saran wrap, remove dough, set aside and press the remaining dough onto the ungreased cookie sheet.
Cover dough with raisins.
Flip first layer of dough on top of raisins; covering evenly.
Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
Slice, serve and enjoy!
Oh my goodness!!!! A small shop near me has been selling raisin squares for years, and I have always wanted the recipe, but never knew where to get it. These are very close! I did make another half recipe of the raisins, and I also sprinkled sugar on top. I used a baking mat instead of cellophane. They are absolutely delicious!! Thank you so much!
Oh that is wonderful to hear and I am so happy you enjoyed them. Thank you for the kind comment, it is greatly appreciated 🙂
I added 1/8 tsp each of ground allspice and ground cinnamon to the raisin filling while it was cooking. Loved the ease of this recipe! The bars turned out beautifully and tasted great in 1/4 of the time that the cutout recipe takes! Thank you for posting this!!
Thank you! I love your additions too 😉
My husband has been asking me to make raisin filled cookies for years. We tried these tonight and loved them! I may try an apricot filling next. 😊
I used a 15.25" X 10.25" but any around that size will do 🙂
What size cookie sheet do you use?
When I was a kid my grandfather made some of these when he came to visit us one time. The only problem was he used a recipe he said he used during the war, so it made about 6 trays worth! I have just one question: how big is a box of raisins?
It's a 15 ounce box or about two and a half cups.