Pastel de Navidad cookies are from Spain and they include raisins and walnuts.
Here’s a Pastel de Navidad recipe from a website called Cookies-For-Christmas.com! Sounds like fun.
Pastel de Navidad
Ingredients
frozen or home-made pie pastry dough sufficient for 1 pie shell
5 large eggs
2/3 cup granulated sugar
5 tablespoons butter, melted
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts
2/3 cup raisins
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 F. Roll pastry thin and cut into 12 4-inch circles. Fit each round into muffin cup and press in gently. Beat eggs until they are light; add sugar and mix well. Add butter, salt, and vanilla; mix well. Combine walnuts and raisins and fill each cup 1/2 full. Add egg mixture to fill each cup three-quarters. Bake filled cups 20-25 minutes.
