Traditional Special New Year’s Lucky Cookie Recipe

Let’s talk cookies.

Cookies are really good. I call them a comfort food, because they do give me comfort, LOL! Cookies are eaten any time of the day during coffee breaks at work, as a snack for the kids, dessert at home and even given as gifts. Cookies are generally one of the easiest things to bake. Most of the time they are a simple combination of flour, butter, brown sugar, eggs, baking powder or soda and the usual flavorings to taste.

However this cookie is not your usual cookie, don’t get it messed up with your typical oatmeal or chocolate chip cookie, oh no! It's much, much more. My family calls it their “Special New Year’s Lucky Cookie” and it has been the centerpiece of the dessert table at many of my families New Year’s meals since I can remember. It’s almost like a funnel cake but its cookie sized and taste’s a lot better to me. You will just have to try it and let me know what you think, for real do try it.

So that’s recipe 5 of 5. I’m done with my Traditional New Year’s recipe collection.

I hope you have enjoyed reading it as much as I have sharing it with you. Please feel free to use them, share them and even change them up and make them your very own. My sincere blessings to each of you reading this recipe in the upcoming New Year, may health and prosperity shine on you in the months ahead.

New Year's Lucky Cookie

The Store Bought Stuff: (Ingredients)

5 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tspns white sugar
1 1/2 tspns salt
1 large pinch ground nutmeg
1 tspn melted butter
1 tspn warm water
1 cup confectioners' sugar
3/4 tspn cornstarch
1 tspn cream (Prefer a heavy cream)
1/4 tspn vanilla extract
1/4 ounce packet/envelope active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
1 1/2 cups warm milk
3 large eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups raisins
1 qt. oil for frying

Special Cookie Glaze: Mix the melted butter and 1 tsp warm water in a bowl. Then you stir in confectioners' sugar, cream, cornstarch and the extract.

Throwing It Together: (Preparation)

- In a very large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, salt, and nutmeg. Dissolve the yeast in warm water.

- Stir the yeast mixture, milk, and eggs into the dry ingredients until just combined.

- Now, mix in the raisins.

- Cover the mixture and let sit and rise for about 2-3 hours.

- Heat the oil in a deep-fryer to 375 degrees.

- Drop the dough by rounded tablespoons into the hot oil. Cook 2 to 5 minutes, until golden brown.

- Drain on dry paper towels and cool slightly. Then take and dip each cookie into the glaze and set aside to completely cool.

- Serve and eat and enjoy your New Year’s Cookie!

Happy 2010 Y’all!