Dough:
5 cups
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
Combine the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Add flour, soda and salt to cream mixture, alternate with the buttermilk. Set aside.
Filling:
2 cups raisins
½ cup water
½ cup sugar
1 Tbls. butter
1 tsp. salt
1/3 cup orange juice and zest of one orange
Grind the raisins add all ingredients and bring to a boil until it thickens. Roll out the cookie dough, cut with a cookie cutter, fill with the raisin filling, put a top on and pinch around sides. Bake 350 for 12 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle with sugar when you bring them out of the oven.
