Pineapple Raisin Cookies

Favorite Recipes of the Good Cooks of the First Presbyterian Church, Saginaw Michigan.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 1/2 cup seedless raisins
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1/2 cup crushed pineapple, well drained
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon soda
• Coconut and nut meats can be added if desired

Directions:

1. Cream together shortening and sugar lightly. 
2. Add egg, vanilla, raisins and pineapple. 
3. Sift together dry ingredients and add to mix. 
4. Drop on cookie sheet (oiled) 1-1/2 inches apart. 
5. Bake at 370 degrees for 10-15 minutes, longer if you wish them to brown nicely.

Recipe from the kitchen of Mrs. Carl J. Schmiege.