In all the years we’ve been making these little guys, they’ve still never survived long enough to make it into the cookie jar. (Yes. We actually have one of those.) More often than not, these bad boys are consumed before properly cooled for safe human consumption, but they smell so darn good that no one can resist! Despite open-mouthed fanning gestures and occasional burnt tongues (tongue fanning never works) it happens every time.

This recipe uses common ingredients but adds the unusual step of soaking the raisins in egg and vanilla. It’s so simple you may be tempted to skip it, but trust us, you’ll be so happy you didn’t. It produces plump raisins that make these cookies stand out above the rest. We’ve never met a cookie we didn’t like, but these have our special burnt tongue seal of approval!