½ cup shortening
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
½ cup strong, hot coffee
1-2/3 cup self-rising flour
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ cup raisins
¼ cup chopped walnuts
Vanilla Icing (below)

Preheat oven to 350°F.  Spray a 15x10-inch jelly-roll pan with non-stick vegetable spray.

In a large mixing bowl, combine shortening, sugar, egg, coffee, flour, cinnamon, raisins, and walnuts; mix until thoroughly blended.  Spread in prepared jelly-roll pan.

Bake for 15 minutes.  Cool in pan on a wire rack.

ICING

1½ cups confectioners’ sugar
 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons strong, hot coffee

In a medium mixing bowl, combine all ingredients; mix until smooth.  Spread onto cooled bars.  Let the icing set, then cut into bars or diamonds.

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