These Raisin Filled Cookies are soft cookies filled with a sweet filling packed with plump raisins, chopped nuts, and dates. This is a great Christmas cookie recipe to bake this holiday season. Make these old classic Christmas cookies and pour yourself a cup of Ponche Navideño, because it’s the most wonderful time of the year!
This raisin-filled cookie recipe is not a Mexican recipe. It’s actually an old recipe that Dottie, my late mother-in-law, made for years that originally came from the Pennsylvania Dutch Cookbook. They are my hubby’s absolute favorite cookie.
My hubby knew where to look to find her cookies. He would constantly steal a cookie (and blame me)! She stored a handful in a Christmas cookie tin on her kitchen counter. If the container happened to be running low, more would magically appear the next day. She stored plenty of cookies in the freezer. Cookies were abundant at Nana’s house!
I love these cookies so much because they look like a little quilted pillow or mini...
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