Old Fashioned boiled raisin cookies

Boiled Raisin Cookies
One of Grandpa's favorites
1 cup water
2 cups raisins
1 cup margarine
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup nuts
3 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
11/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. salt
Boil raisins and water for 5 minutes. Cool. Cream margarine, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Add nuts and cooled raisins with juice. Then mix dry ingredients and stir in. Drop by teaspoons on greased cookie sheet and bake at 375º for 12 minutes.