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      Title: Cracker Barrel Raisin Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 72 servings
 
      4 c  Flour
      1 ts Baking soda
      1 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Nutmeg
      3 c  Raisins
           Boiling water
      1 c  Butter
  1-1/2 tb Vanilla
    3/4 c  Granulated sugar
    3/4 c  Light brown sugar; firmly
           -packed
      1    Egg
    2/3 c  Sour cream
 
  Pour boiling water over the raisins and let stand for about 10 minutes;
  drain the raisins.    Cream butter, sugar and egg together well; add rest
  of ingredients including raisins and mix well. Refrigerate dough to chill.
  Roll into 1-inch balls and place 2 to 2-1/2 inches apart on a greased
  cookie sheet. If you want, you can drop by tablespoons instead of putting
  into rolls. Flatten with a fork first one way and then the other. Bake at
  375° for about 15 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.
 
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