Drop Cookies: Chocolate Raisin Cookies

The raisins in this recipe give the cookies a moist and chewy texture. You could frost these cookies, if you wanted to, but they're delicious just as they are.


Ingredients


½ cup sugar
⅓ cup firmly packed brown sugar
½ cup butter or margarine, softened
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 cup flour
⅓ cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
Dash of salt
⅔ cup raisins


Preparation


Heat oven to 350°F. Cream together sugars and butter. Add vanilla and egg and blend well. Mix in flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt until all ingredients are well combined. Fold in raisins.


Drop by rounded tablespoons onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 10 minutes, until edges are set. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet, then cool completely on wire racks. Store for up to a week in airtight container.


This recipes makes about 18 cookies, depending on the size.