Title: The Great Gatsby's Spicy Bars
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 1 servings
1 c Seedless raisins
1 c Water
1/2 c Salad oil or shortening
1 3/4 c Sifted flour
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Soda
1 Egg
1 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Nutmeg
1 ts Allspice
1/2 ts Ground cloves
1 c Sugar
1/2 c Chopped walnuts
Combine raisins and water; bring to boiling; remove from heat. Stir in
salad oil. Cool to lukewarm. Stir in sugar and egg. Sift together dry
ingredients; beat into raisin mixture. Stir in nuts. Pour into greased
13x9x2-inch pan.
Bake in moderate oven (375) 20 minutes or till done. When cool, cut in
bars. Dust with confectioner's sugar.
