This section is from the book "More Recipes For Fifty", by Frances Lowe Smith. Also available from Amazon: More Recipes For Fifty.
3 cups raisins 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 1 1/4 quarts boiling water
Mix cornstarch and sugar; add water gradually, stirring constantly. Add washed and seeded or Sultana raisins, simmer until raisins are tender; add salt and vanilla.
 
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