Eva's Hermit Cookies

• 34 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 14 cup molasses
• 2 14 cups unbleached flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 34 teaspoon ground ginger
• 34 teaspoon ground cloves
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup raisins
• sugar, for sprinkling

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.
8. (The dough will appear undercooked at first).

shortening, sugar, egg, molasses, flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves, salt, raisins, sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/evas-hermit-cookies-382838 (may not work)