Hermit Cookies W Raisins And Nuts Recipes

HERMIT COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and spices. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter until soft & fluffy. Add the eggs and mix well. Slowly add the coffee and mix well.
• Add the dry ingredients and stir until completely incorporated.
• Fold in the raisins and nuts.
• Cover the bowl and refrigerate. Chill for at least 1 hour, longer okay.
• Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease baking sheets, or line with a sheet of parchment paper.
• Drop the dough by Tablespoons onto prepared sheet pan.
• Flatten the dough slightly with the palm of hand.
• Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until golden brown and set on top.
• Cool on wire rack.

AUNT LOU'S HERMIT COOKIES RECIPE CARD

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350°F.
• In a small bowl, mix the spices. Add the nuts and dates. Set aside.
• Cream together the Crisco, white sugar and brown sugar with a stand mixer's beater blade until fluffy.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and pinch of salt in a large bowl.
• Slowly beat in the flour until it is thoroughly mixed.
• Beat in the sour cream slowly.
• Add the eggs and mix thoroughly.
• Fold in the spice/nut mixture with the beater blade on slow speed.
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and drop 1 Tbsp. balls.
• Bake at 350°F for 10-12 min until just brown on the edges. Makes 36 cookies.

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.

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!

EASY OLD FASHIONED HERMIT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• In a standing mixer on medium speed, cream together butter and brown sugar. Add eggs and beat until mixture is pale and thick - about 2 minutes. Beat in vanilla.
• Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Incorporate raisins, dates and nuts (depending on your mixer, you may have to do this part by hand with a wooden spoon).
• Drop cookies by tablespoonfuls onto a well-greased or parchment-lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart (you will have to do batches). Bake 10-12 minutes, until edges are set but centres still appear moist. Cool on baking sheet 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

HERMIT COOKIES W/ RAISINS AND NUTS

Steps:

• Cream shortening; add sugar and eggs one at a time; beat until light.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture.
• Fold in raisins and nuts; mix well.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets.
• Bake at 350° for about 10 minutes.