YIELD: 4 Dozen

Ingredients

* 1 cup butter, softened

* 1 cups white sugar

* 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

* 2 eggs

* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

* 2 cups all-purpose flour

* 2/3 cup cocoa powder

* 3/4 teaspoon baking soda

* 1/4 teaspoon salt

* 1 cups semisweet chocolate chips

* 1 Cup raisins soaked in rum

* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts



Procedure

* Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

* Set raisin in flat bowl and pour rum over them to soak in while you prepare the chocolate raisin cookie batter.

I sometimes *zap* the raisins and rum for 25 seconds or so, if my raisins are crusty hard.

* In large bowl, beat butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla until light and fluffy.

* Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; stir into the butter mixture until well blended.

* Drain off all reserved liquid from the rum soaked raisins.

* Mix in the chocolate chips, raisins and walnuts. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

* Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or just until set. These chocolate raisin cookies will fool you at 8 minutes. I was dead set on 8 minutes to cook them and I'd be super hesitant to bake over the 8 mins. They will be chewy inside with a slightly shiny outside and can easily be over cooked if you are looking for visible doneness.

Cool slightly on the cookie sheets before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.