Old Fashioned Raisin Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. raisins
1 c. water
1/2 c. salad oil or margarine
1 c. sugar
1 slightly beaten egg
1 3/4 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. nuts (optional)

Preparation

Combine
raisins
and
water.
Bring to boil and remove from heat.
Stir in salad oil or margarine.
Cool to lukewarm. Stir in sugar
and\tegg.
Sift flour and all dry ingredients. Beat into raisin
mixture.
Stir
in nuts.
Bake in a greased and floured pan, 10
1/2
x 15 1/2 x 2 1/2-inch.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for 20 minutes or\tuntil
nicely
browned.
Cool and cut into bars and dust with powdered sugar or frost.