Hermits
1 can BAKER’S Coconut
1 cup butter (scant)
1½ cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup chopped raisins
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour
½ teaspoon soda
¼ cup hot water
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
½ teaspoon ginger
Cream butter and sugar, add beaten eggs. Sift in flour, add spices, raisins, and the soda dissolved in warm water. Mix in the coconut which has been toasted. Drop from teaspoon on a buttered pan, an inch apart. Bake in a moderately hot oven about twenty-five minutes.