Hermit Bar Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup shortening
1 cup white sugar
½ cup molasses
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup warm coffee
1 egg
3 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup raisins

Nutrition Info

202 calories
carbohydrate: 36.4 g
cholesterol: 9.3 mg
fat: 5.6 g
fiber: 0.9 g
protein: 2.5 g
saturatedFat: 1.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 129.2 mg
sugar: 18.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.

  2. In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth. Stir in the molasses and egg. Dissolve the baking soda in warm coffee, stir into the molasses mixture. Combine the flour, salt, cinnamon and cloves, Gradually stir into the batter. Mix in raisins. Form dough into 4 long strips lengthwise on the cookie sheets.

  3. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets then cut each strip into 2 inch bars while still warm.

Recipe Yield

42 cookies

Recipe Note

This recipe is probably 50 years old - Mom made it for us, and now I make it for our kids - they love these bars. Enjoy!

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