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Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened 1 ½ cups white sugar 1 teaspoon ground allspice 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves 3 eggs 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup raisins ½ cup molasses ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup chopped walnuts

Nutrition Info

120.6 calories carbohydrate: 17.9 g cholesterol: 21.8 mg fat: 5.1 g fiber: 0.5 g protein: 1.6 g saturatedFat: 2.6 g servingSize: - sodium: 84 mg sugar: 10 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
In a large bowl cream together butter, sugar and spices. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Sift in the flour, baking soda and salt and stir until well blended. Stir in molasses and raisins.
To make bar cookies: Spread mixture on cookie sheet and bake for 25 minutes. Cut into bars while warm and let cool on wire rack.
To make drop cookies: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Drop batter about 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet and bake 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on wire racks.

4 dozen

These can be made into either drop cookies or bar cookies.