Eva's Hermit Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 1/4 cups unbleached flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup raisins
• sugar, for sprinkling

Recipe

• 1 cream the shortening and sugar in a large bowl.
• 2 add the egg and molasses and beat well.
• 3 mix in the dry ingredients (flour-salt).
• 4 the batter will be thick.
• 5 stir in the raisins.
• 6 press evenly into a 17" by 11" greased jelly roll pan.
• 7 sprinkle with sugar and bake in a 375 oven for 10 minutes. (the dough will appear undercooked at first).