Spicy Raisin Bread

Spicy Raisin Bread

1 cup shortening

2 cups sugar

2 cups cold water

2 cups raisins

1 teas. Cinnamon

1 teas. Nutmeg

½ teas. Ground cloves

½ teas. Allspice

Boil these ingredients for 10 minutes.  Remove from the heat and let cool until luke warm.  If it gets too cool and shortening starts to harden just warm on stove a little. 

Add in with whisk:

 2 eggs, beaten

1 teas. Vanilla

Then mix in:

2 2/3-3 cups flour (enough so raisins don’t sink to bottom)

1 teas. Baking soda

1 teas. Baking powder

Grease generously 2 loaf pans and flour them.  Divide batter into pans and bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.

Let bread cool for 15 minutes and take out of pans.  Let cool and frost if desired.

My great-great grandmother brought this recipe over to America from Sweden in the 1800’s—Judy D.