Old-fashioned hermits

10 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Sugar
Egg
1½ teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Cloves
1 teaspoon Ginger
¼ cup Water
1 cup Chopped Nuts
¼ cup Butter
3 cups Flour
½ teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
¼ cup Molasses
1 cup Raisins

Directions

cream the butter and sugar, add the egg and beat well. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger. Mix together the molasses and water. Add alternately to creamed mixture, fold in raisins and chopped nuts. Batter will be quite thick. Spread out on floured surface and cut into shape. Bake on cookie sheet 20 minutes at 375F.

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