Recipe - Raisin Cake From The Pantry

1 cup Dried raisins
1 cup Light or dark brown sugar;
(packed)
1 cup Water or milk
One half cup Vegetable shortening or
butter
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon and ginger
2 cup Sifted flour; resifted with
1 teaspoon baking soda and
One half teaspoon
Salt
1 cup Walnuts; chopped

Combine the raisins with sugar, water, shortening and spices and simmer for
a minute. Cool to

room temperature.

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Lightly grease a 9inch square baking pan.
Combine cooled raisin

mixture with flour and nuts. Transfer to baking pan and bake 1 hour or
until a toothpick when

inserted in the center comes out dry. Cool in pan and cut into squares.

Yield: 12 16 squares
Recipe By : COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW #MF6753

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #272

Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 17:50:13 0500

From: Gail Shermeyer 4paws@netrax.net