Recipe of the Week: Hermits

This tasty holiday treat will fill your home with a spicy aroma and your family’s tummies with delight–plus earn you up to 1,209 Points!

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or margarine (earn 2 Points)
• ¹/₂ cup sugar
• ¹/₂ cup Grandma’s^® Original Molasses (earn 170 Points)
• 2 eggs (earn 3 Points)
• 2 cup all-purpose flour, sifted (earn 17 Points)
• ¹/₄ tsp. salt
• ¹/₄ tsp. Clabber Girl^® Baking Soda (earn 170 Points)
• 2 tsp. Clabber Girl^® Baking Powder (earn 170 Points)
• 1 tsp. Spice Islands^® Ground Saigon Cinnamon (earn 170 Points)
• ¹/₂ tsp. Spice Islands^® Ground Cloves (earn 170 Points)
• ¹/₂ tsp. Spice Islands^® Ground Nutmeg (earn 170 Points)
• ¹/₈ tsp. Spice Islands^® Ground Allspice (earn 170 Points)
• ³/₄ C. raisins
• ¹/₂ C. nuts (chopped)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheets.
2. In a mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy add the eggs and molasses and blend to combine
3. Mix all dry ingredients together, then add to molasses mixture. Mix to combine.
4. Divide dough in two, press into rectangle-shaped mounds, cover with plastic and chill.
5. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven.
6. Cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets then cut into 2 inch bars while still warm.

See full recipe here.