Mystery Cookies

Modified from Joanne Fluke's Lemon Meringue Pie Murder

1/2 cup melted butter

3 1/2 cups sugar

2 beaten eggs

1 can condensed tomato soup (the plain stuff...Campbell's is good)

2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp nutmeg

2 tsp baking soda

2 cups raisins (these do add a nice extra flavor)

2 cups chopped walnuts (I didn't used these)

4 1/2 cups flour

Microwave the butter in your mixing bowl to melt it. (I do this separately...my mixing bowl is metal). Add the sugar, let it cool a bit, and mix in the beaten eggs. Open a can of condensed tomato soup, add that to your mixing bowl, and then mix it all up. Stir in the cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt. Then add the raisins and walnuts and stir. Measure the flour and add it in one cup increments, mixing after each addition. Let the dough sit for ten minutes or so. Drop the dough by spoonfuls onto a greased or Pammed cookie sheet. The dough gets pretty sticky so you have to be careful. I roll the dough into balls to make it a little cleaner.

Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown on top. Let them sit on the cookie sheet for a minute or two and then transfer them to a wire rack for complete cooling.

Makes 10 dozen (I didn't get this many...but I also only put raisins in half and walnuts in none!).

It is fun to have people guess the secret ingredient (tomato soup) - not many can get it!