Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2           cup  mixture of lard and butter
     1/2           cup  brown sugar
  1                     egg
     1/2           cup  molasses
  2               cups  flour
     1/4           cup  coffee
  1               dash  salt
     1/2      teaspoon  ginger
     1/2      teaspoon  cloves
     1/2      teaspoon  cinnamon
     1/2      teaspoon  nutmeg
     1/2      teaspoon  allspice
     1/2           cup  raisins -- dredged in flour
  1           teaspoon  baking soda

Preparation:

Cream shorteining and sugar. Beat in egg, molasses and coffee. Sift rest of ingredients together and add. Beat well. If needed, add more flour but not too much or cookies will be hard and dry. Two ways to bake 1) drop b y spoonfuls on buttered cooky sheet and bake about 10 minutes at 375 F. 2 ) spread in two 9x9" cake tins. Bake about 12 minutes. While hot sprinkle with brown sugar. Cut in bars.

Nutritional Information:

1921 Calories (kcal); 8g Total Fat; (3% calories from fat); 34g Protein; 436g Carbohydrate; 187mg Cholesterol; 1689mg Sodium