Spiced Harwich Hermits
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 12 teaspoon baking soda
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 34 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 12 teaspoon nutmeg, grated
- 14 teaspoon ground mace
- 14 teaspoon ground cloves
- 14 lb unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
- 12 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 13 cup molasses
- 1 cup raisins, coarsely chopped
- 12 cup walnuts, chopped
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Grease a 15x10 inch jelly roll pan.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, and cloves in a mixing bowl.
- Using an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugar in a large bowl until smooth and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs and molasses until well blended.
- With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture, beating just until blended.
- Stir in the raisins and nuts.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it out evenly to the edges and smoothing the top.
- Bake until firm on the top and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 15 to 18 minutes.
- Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes, and cut into 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 inch squares.
- Store the hermits in a tightly covered container for up to a week or so.
flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ground mace, ground cloves, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, molasses, raisins, walnuts
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spiced-harwich-hermits-229954 (may not work)