Boston Brown Bread

• 1 cup raisins
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 beaten egg
• 1 Tbsp. shortening
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 3/4 cup chopped nutmeats
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Directions

Mix raisins with water. Boil 5 minutes and cool. Add sugar, egg, shortening and salt. Sift and add flour and baking soda. Add nut meats and vanilla. Grease and flour four or five round tin cans. Bake mixture in cans at 350 degrees F for about an hour.

By Robin from Washington, IA