If you like oatmeal raisin cookies, you are going to love them
after you try these!!

1 cup raisins
1 cup shortening
2 eggs
2 cups flour
2 cups oatmeal
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/3 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Boil 1 cup raisins, reserve 5 tbs of raisin juice.

Cream sugar and shortening, add eggs and vanilla. 
Mix dry ingredients and add to wet. Mix the baking soda
with the reserved raisin water and mix with other ingredients.

Bake cookies at 350 for 9-11 minutes, until just brown on the bottom.