Grandma’s Hermits

Posted by ljmacphee on March 12, 2007 under Dessert, Grandmother's Recipes |

6 tbls shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup molasses
1/4 cup milk
1 3/4 cups flour
1 3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/3 tsp salt
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp cloves
1 cup seeded raisins

cream shortening and sugar
add egg and molasses, mix well
add milk slowly
add mixed dry ingredients
add raisins , mix well
drop onto greased cookie sheet, bake 10 mins at 350′

This is an old New England favorite and dates back to colonial times.