Hermits Better Homes And Gardens 1969 Recipes

HERMITS (BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS 1969)

Steps:

• Thoroughly cream shortening and sugar.
• Add eggs and beat well.
• Sift dry ingredients; add to creamed ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
• Add nuts and fruits. (If you're using a stand mixer, go slowly; this will be hard on the motor.).
• Drop by heaping teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 about 10-12 minutes.

HERMITS

Steps:

• Beat butter in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
• Add brown sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves, and nutmeg; beat till combined.
• Beat in egg and coffee. Beat in as much of the flour as you can. Stir in remaining flour with a wooden spoon. Stir in raisins and chopped pecans.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoons 2 inches apart on an ugreased cookie sheet. Bak in a 375 ove for 8 to 10 minutes or till edges are lightly browned. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.

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Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Place the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, until light and fluffy. With the mixer on low, add the egg, scrape down the bowl, then mix in the molasses.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, mixing just until combined. Mix in the raisins and crystallized ginger. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Turn the dough out onto a very lightly floured board, form it into a disk with lightly floured hands, and cut it in half. Roll each half into a log 12 inches long and place them 3 inches apart on the prepared sheet pan. Bake for 20 minutes; the logs will still be soft in the center.
• Meanwhile, whisk the confectioners' sugar with 5 to 6 teaspoons rum to make a pourable glaze. While the logs are still warm, drizzle the glaze back and forth across the logs with a teaspoon and sprinkle them with the lemon zest. Allow to cool. Cut each log crosswise into 1 1/2-inch-wide bars.

HERMITS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Mix brown sugar, shortening, butter, coffee and eggs in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt. Stir in raisins and nuts.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.