Adapted From The I Hate To Cook Book By Peg Bracken.

Ingredients

• 1 C raisins
• 2 C water
• ½ C margarine
• 1 ¾ C flour (Note 1)
• 1 C sugar
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. cinnamon, or more
• ½ tsp. nutmeg, or more

Optional Ingredients

• 1 tsp. vanilla
• ½ tsp. ginger, or more
• Chopped nuts, as needed

Instructions

1. Using a saucepan big enough to be the mixing bowl, boil the raisins in the water for 10 minutes in a saucepan big enough to be the mixing bowl.
2. Let cool and add everything else.
3. Bake in 10×10” pan for 35 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Note 1:

The author makes this with rye flour, due to allergies, and it works fine, too. The texture is a bit crumblier, but the taste is unaffected.

Note 2:

If you use a loaf pan for this recipe, bake for 55 minutes at the same temperature.