All Souls Day Cookies Moms Recipes

ALL SOUL'S DAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease 2 baking sheets.
• In a large bowl, combine the butter and sugar until well blended.
• Beat in the egg, orange zest, orange juice, and honey.
• Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
• Stir until well blended.
• Stir in the raisin and walnuts.
• Break off a piece of the dough about the size of a walnut.
• Shape the dough into a 2-1/2 inch sausage.
• Place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Press to slightly flatten the dough.
• Repeat with the remaining dough.
• Place the cookies about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 12 minutes, or until the cookies are puffed and set.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool on baking sheet for 1 minutes.
• Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cook completely.
• Dust the cookies with confectioners' sugar.
• Store in airtight containers.
• The cookies develop more flavor the longer they are stored.

ALL SOULS DAY COOKIES MOM'S RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. You will need 2 parchment-lined cookie sheets set aside.
• In a large bowl combine all wet ingredients and mix together.
• Add the dry ingredients and stir the raisins and walnuts last.
• Shape the cookies into 2-inch logs and place them on baking sheets.
• Slightly flatten the logs, placing two inches apart, I add a few more raisins to the sides and top if not enough.
• Bake for 12 minutes on 350 degrees.
• When completely cooled, place the powdered sugar in a zip lock bag and shake the cookies gently into the sugar.
• You can freeze these up to 6 months and they are also sturdy cookies for mailing during the holiday season.