1 1/4 c. water
1/2 c. shortening
1 c. raisins
1 c. sugar
1 egg
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cloves

Boil the first three ingredients until raisins are soft, then cool. Mix sugar and egg together until light and fluffy. Sift together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and soda. Add flour mixture and cooled raisin mixture alternately to the egg and sugar. Bake 25 minutes at 350 degrees. Use large jelly roll pan. Cut into bars when cooled.