Preheat the oven to 350° F. Combine the molasses, hot water, and raisins.
Bring to a boil and let boil for 5 minutes. IMPORTANT Cool to room temperature

In separate bowl, sift the remaining ingredients together. Stir this into COOLED, molasses mixture until smooth. Make spoonful size cookies on a cookie sheet sprayed with PAM or similar spray. Sprinkle top of cookies with brown sugar. Bake 10 minutes.
Makes: 3 dozen

39.8 Calories, 0.1 g Total Fat, 0.0 g Saturated Fat, 0 mg Cholesterol, 79.2 mg Sodium, 9.3 g Total Carbohydrate, 0.3 g Dietary Fiber, 0.7 g Protein, 31.7 mg Calcium.