1 1/2 cups brown sugar 1 1/4 cups shortening 3 tablespoons vinegar 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon cloves

1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 tablespoon soda 1 1/2 cups molasses

1 1/2 cups coffee

2 cups raisins, chopped 1 3/4 quarts barley flour

Cream sugar and shortening together; add molasses, vinegar, and coffee. Mix and sift dry ingredients together; combine mixtures. Add raisins, which may be mixed first with a little of the flour. Beat well. Drop from tip of spoon, one inch apart, on well-greased pans. Bake in hot oven.