Beaulah's Hermits

• 1/2 cup lard mixed with butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 each eggs
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 2 cups flour, all-purpose
• 1/4 cup coffee
• 1 dash salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves ground
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 cup raisins, seedless dredged in flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

1. Cream shorteining and sugar.
2. Beat in egg, molasses and coffee.
3. Sift rest of ingredients together and add.
4. Beat well.
5. If needed, add more flour but not too much or cookies will be hard and dry.
6. Two ways to bake: 1) drop by spoonfuls on buttered cooky sheet and bake about 10 minutes at 375F (190C).
7. 2) spread in two 9x9 inch cake tins and bake about 12 minutes.
8. While hot sprinkle with brown sugar.
9. Cut in bars.

lard mixed with, brown sugar, eggs, molasses, flour, coffee, salt, ginger, cloves ground, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, raisins, baking soda

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/beaulahs-hermits-34301 (may not work)