Hermits

Modified from Taste of Home

1/3 cup raisins (I did a triple batch as this nicely works in 3's...next time I might times by 6)

1 cup flour

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp ginger

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup molasses

3 tbsp butter, melted

1 egg white

1 tsp vanilla

1/3 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat to 375. Cover raisins with boiling water and let stand for 5 minutes; drain and set aside.

Whisk together next 6 ingredients. In another bowl, combine molasses, butter, egg whites and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients until just moistened.

Fold in walnuts and raisins (batter will be sticky).

Divide batter in half, spread each half into a rectangle (they said 12 by 12). (They recommend wetting your hands and that does really help here!) Place them a couple of inches on parchment paper lined baking sheet. Bake until edges are lightly browned and set, about (This took me longer, but I think that I didn't get the first batch "flat" enough....mine took about 20 minutes....or maybe my rectangles were larger (I didn't measure)...I just went with what looked about right.)

Transfer to a cutting board and with a serrated knife, cut diagonally into bars. (I gave it a few minutes to cool a bit before doing this.)

Makes about a dozen.