Chocolate Hermit Cookies Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED HERMIT COOKIES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 375 F. Lightly grease a cookie sheet or line it with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves, if using. Set aside.
• With the help of an electric mixer, or in the large bowl of a standing mixer, beat the vegetable shortening, butter, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
• Once the fats are creamed with the sugar, add the egg and cold coffee. Beat on low speed until well blended.
• Little by little, add the flour mixture into the butter mixture and stir until well combined. Use low speed to fold all of the ingredients into a sticky dough. Stop the mixer once you have a nice creamy consistency.
• Fold in the dates or raisins and the walnuts.
• Drop the cookie dough by rounded teaspoon or small cookie scoop onto the prepared cookie sheet, leaving about 2 inches between cookies. They will spread out when cooking.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until light brown.
• Remove the cookies immediately and place them on top of a cooling rack. As they cool off, the texture will get chewier.
• Enjoy!

HERMIT BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth. Stir in the molasses and egg. Dissolve the baking soda in warm coffee; stir into the molasses mixture. Combine the flour, salt, cinnamon and cloves; Gradually stir into the batter. Mix in raisins. Form dough into 4 long strips lengthwise on the cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets then cut each strip into 2 inch bars while still warm.

HERMITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Cover raisins with boiling water. Let stand for 5 minutes; drain and set aside. , Whisk together next 6 ingredients. In another bowl, combine molasses, butter, egg white and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in walnuts and raisins (batter will be wet)., Divide batter in half; spread each half (wetting hands, if necessary) into a 12x2-in. rectangle 2 in. apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until edges are lightly browned and set, 10-15 minutes., Transfer rectangles to a cutting board; with a serrated knife, cut diagonally into 1-1/2-in. bars. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE CHIP HERMITS

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream shortening, sugar.
• Beat eggs, pumpkin and vanilla.
• In a bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg,allspice,and cloves.
• Stir in creamed mixture.
• Stir in raisins, chocolate chips, dates and nuts.
• Drop by teaspoons on greased baking sheet.
• Bake 350 10-12 minutes till golden brown.

CHOCOLATE CHIP HERMITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl cream shortening, sugar.
• Beat eggs, pumpkin and vanilla inches.
• Sift dry ingredients together into a bowl.
• Stir into creamed mixture.
• Add in raisins,chips,dates and nuts.
• Drop by teaspoons on greased sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes till golden brown.

CHOCOLATE HERMITS

Steps:

• Sift together flour,baking powder,salt and cinnamon.
• Cream shortening,add sugar gradually,cream until fluffy.
• Add egg to creamed mixture with chocolate,blend well.
• Add vanilla and milk.
• Stir in dry ingredients,rasins and nuts.
• Mix well.
• Chill 30 minutes.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Remove cookies and cool on wire rack.