Rolled Oat Cookies

Ingredients

 * ½ cup sugar
 * 5 tablespoons shortening
 * 2 teaspoons molasses
 * ⅔ cup seedless raisins
 * 1 cup rolled oats
 * ¾ cup flour
 * 1 egg
 * a few grains of salt

Directions

 * 1) Add the sprinkle of salt and the molasses to the fat, and work together in a bowl.
 * 2) Add the sugar gradually, and cream the mixture until white and very light.
 * 3) Add the well beaten egg and mix.
 * 4) Add the raisins, then the oats, and lastly the flour.
 * 5) Mix lightly, and press off from the side of a tablespoon onto an oiled baking pan, leaving a little space between, and bake in a medium slow oven, to a delicate brown.