Does anyone remember the days of Dog House Restaurants?? The little A-frame hut with big hound dogs on each side........the menu consisted of Hot Dogs.....and of course Dog House Cookies. Well, my father was legal counsel for this Ohio based franchise restaurant. One year, in particularly tough Dog House Days, dad was given a restaurant as part of his payment............us kids were thrilled!!! Can you imagine!! Having hot dogs any time you wanted!!! Well.......unfortunately, along with the perks came a few chores. One of these duties was helping mom to make the Dog House Cookies for the restaurant. Nothing smells better than these cookies in the oven...........
this recipe makes 4 dozen large cookies.......we used to use an ice cream scoop to form the cookie, so you can imagine the size......
2 2/3 cup lark (or Crisco)
4 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
4 cups raisins
2 cups raisin juice
12 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 teaspoons baking soda
4 tablespoons vanilla
Cook raisins in raisin juice until plumped. Let cool.
Mix lard, sugar and eggs.
Sift together dry ingredients and add to egg mixture alternating with the raisin juice. Add the raisins and the vanilla and mix well. This will be more like a dough than a batter.........
With a large scoop (ice cream scoop will do) place cookies on buttered tray. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.
Seriously, I kid you not, the aroma of these cookies is nothing short of spectacular. Cookies keep well in a tin for a week or two.........they never lasted longer than that in our house........!!
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