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      Title: Chocolate Currant Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 40 Cookies
 
      2 oz Unsweetened chocolate
      1 c  Water; boiling
      1 c  Currants or raisins
  1 1/4 c  Whole wheat pastry flour
  1 1/4 c  Unbleached white flour
      1 ts Baking powder
    1/2 ts Baking soda
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Butter; +2 tb; softened
  1 1/4 c  Honey
      1 ts Vanilla extract
    1/2 c  Sour cream
 
  Melt chocolate in saucepan over very low heat or in double boiler. Set
  aside. Pour boiling water over currants or raisins. Let sit
       10    minutes, then drain well.
  
  Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl. In large bowl, using electric
  mixer, cream butter, then add honey and vanilla. Mix in well. Mix in
  chocolate, then sour cream. On low speed, add dry ingredients to
  chocolate mixture. Turn off mixer and stir in currants or raisins. On
  oiled cookie sheet put 1 tb mixture for each cookie 3" apart. Bake
  approximately 10 to 15 minutes at 375°F, until they have just begun
  to brown lightly and bounce back to the touch. Don't overbake. They
  will harden as they cool.
  
  Recipe by Horn of the Moon Cookbook by Ginny Callan
 
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