Raisin Squares

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 3/4 cups raisins
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup boiling water

Recipe

• 1 mix flour, baking powder and sugar; cut in butter as for pie pastry;
• 2 add beaten egg.
• 3 keep 1/2 the mixture to sprinkle on top and put remaining half in square cake pan and press down.
• 4 in a saucepan, mix raisins, flour, sugar and salt. pour boiling water over all and cook over medium heat until thickened. cool mixture to lukewarm.
• 5 pour raisin mixture over the cooked mixture.
• 6 sprinkle with reserved mixture and bake for 1/2 hour at 350.
• 7 cut in squares while it is cooling.