Marmalade Chews

A childhood favorite. You can't taste the marmalade but it makes the cookies moist and chewy.

• Calories: 224 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg, beaten
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ cup raisins
• ¼ cup orange marmalade
• ⅓ cup shortening
• 1 cup rolled oats

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.

Step 2

In a large bowl, cream the shortening with the brown sugar and white sugar. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg; stir into the creamed mixture. Then stir in the rolled oats, marmalade and raisins.

Step 3

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.