Recipe - My Favorite Cookies

1 cup Brown sugar
One half cup Shortening
1 Egg
1 cup Raisins; small
2 cup Pastry flour; sifted before
measuring
1 teaspoon Spice; mixed ground
One half teaspoon Baking soda
2 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Salt
One half cup Buttermilk; rich sour

Cream shortening, add sugar, mix well. Add egg, beat thoroughly. Sift
together flour, spices, soda, baking powder and salt, add alternately with
buttermilk to first mixture. Mix well and drop by teaspoon on well greased
pans or cookie sheet. Oven 375 F. Soak raisins and drain well. More flour
may be needed. Nuts are good instead of raisins.

Note: Spices were not specified, just "mixed ground spice". To your taste
or preferance.

Source: Mildred Haller, Brookfield Grange, Trumbull County, OH

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