Spice Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. Crisco
1/2 c. molasses
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
2 tsp. soda
2 beaten eggs
3 c. flour
1 c. chopped raisins

Preparation

Heat Crisco with molasses.
When shortening is melted, remove from fire, cool and add sugar, cinnamon, cloves, soda (dissolved in very little hot water), beaten eggs, flour and raisins.
Bake in a moderate oven.
The raisins can be left whole, if desired. Bake about 10 minutes.