Lloyd'S Fruit Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. shortening
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. soda
1 1/2 c. raisins, chopped
1 c. molasses
5 c. flour
1 c. chopped walnuts

Preparation

Cream sugar, shortening and eggs.
Add soda, salt and molasses, then add raisins and nuts.
Stir in flour.
Press out onto cookie sheets.
With hands, make a big flat sheet just up to edge of cookie sheet.
Sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for approximately 8 to 10 minutes.
Cut into bars.
If hard, they should soften in a couple days.
Shouldn't be soft when taken from oven.