• Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs together.
• Blend eggs and milk.
• Combine with creamed mixture.
• Add vanilla.
• Sift together dry ingredients and mix well.
• Stir thoroughly into batter.
• Chill dough in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight.
• Roll to ¼” thickness on lightly floured board.
• Cut out with round cutter.
• Place 1 teaspoon of raisin filling on the top of each of half the cookies.
• With a thimble make a hole in the middle of the remaining cookies (the hole will prevent the filling from cooking out between the cookie halves).
• Place these cookies on top of the cookies with filling.
• Do not press together.
• Bake at 350° for 20 minutes on greased cookie sheets.

Filling

• Combine all ingredients and bring to a boil, stirring constantly until thickened.