Hobo Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. raisins
2 c. sugar
4 c. flour
4 tsp. soda
2 1/4 c. water
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 c. Crisco oil
1 c. chopped pecans (optional)

Preparation

Bring water to a boil.
Add raisins and soda; set aside and cover overnight.
Next day sift flour, sugar and salt several times.
Add Crisco oil to raisins.
Then add flour mixture, (1 cup at a time) to raisin and oil mixture.
This well be thick.
Grease and flour three (1 pound) coffee cans.
Fill each can only 1/2 full.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 70 minutes.
Cool 10 minutes.
Remove from cans, slice and spread with cream cheese.
Enjoy!