Grandma Schroeder's Peppernuts
preheat oven to 350°

2 c raisins (boiled in water and drained)
1 c walnuts
1 c coconut
1/2 c butter, melted
3 c sugar
1/2 c sour milk (add tsp of vinegar and let stand)
2 t soda
2 t nutmeg
1 t salt
5 c flour
Soak raisins in boiling water, then grind with coconut and nuts in meat grinder or food processor. Set aside.
Melt butter. In mixer, add butter to sugar. Stir until dissolved, add milk.
Add raisin mixture to sugar mixture, and stir.
(Grandma seemed to think the bowl should be heated, but maybe her house was cold, and she wanted the butter to stay liquid a bit?)
Sift flour, salt, nutmeg and soda. Add slowly as mixture is mixing until it sticks together in lumpy ball.
form dough into balls the size of walnuts
Bake 350° for 15 minutes
makes about 135 cookies