Best 20 Hermits Recipes

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.

HERMITS I

Steps:

• 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.

EASY HERMITS

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, beat margarine or butter with electric mixer for 30 seconds.
• Add half of flour, brown sugar, egg, milk, vanilla, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
• Beat in remaining flour.
• Stir in raisins and nuts.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart, onto greased cookie sheets.
• Bake in 375 degree oven about 10 minutes, until edges are lightly browned.
• Cool cookies on rack.

HERMITS II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and allspice. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium, cream the sugar and butter until light yellow and fluffy. Add the molasses, egg whites, and egg; beat well.
• Using a wooden spoon, stir in flour mixture until flour disappears. Fold in raisins and nuts.
• Drop by tablespoons, 2 inches apart, onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake 8-9 minutes. Lightly sift confectioners' sugar over if you like.

ICED HERMITS

Steps:

• Make bars: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 10-by-15-inch rimmed baking sheet. Line bottom with parchment paper, and butter parchment; set aside. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and cloves in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Put butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until smooth. Add brown sugars; mix until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Mix in egg and yolk, and molasses. Reduce speed to low; gradually mix in flour mixture. Mix in 1/2 cup candied ginger and the raisins.
• Spread dough evenly onto prepared baking sheet. Bake, rotating sheet halfway through, until firm, 18 to 22 minutes. Let cool completely in baking sheet on a wire rack.
• Make icing: Put brown sugar, milk, and butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until butter has melted and sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat; whisk in vanilla and confectioners sugar. If icing is too thick to drizzle, stir in more milk, a teaspoon at a time. If icing is too thin, stir in more confectioners sugar, a teaspoon at a time. Let cool slightly.
• Drizzle bars with icing; sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup candied ginger. Let stand until icing has set, about 15 minutes. Cut into 2-inch squares. Bars can be stored in single layers in airtight containers at room temperature up to 5 days.

DOWN EAST HERMITS

Steps:

• Mix together thoroughly--shortening, brown sugar, and eggs.
• Blend in the cold coffee.
• Mix in the flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
• Add in the raisins and walnuts--mix well.
• Chill 1 hour.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 400 degrees for about 8-10 minutes or until set--just until when touched lightly with fingertip, almost no print remains.
• Do not overbake.

APPLE HERMITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Mix in sugar and egg. Stir in flour mixture, and mix thoroughly. Fold in nuts, apples, and raisins.
• Drop by rounded teaspoon onto prepared cookie sheets about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
• In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar with milk to make a thin glaze. Drizzle over cooled cookies.

MOLASSES HERMITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
• Grease 9 x 13 pan.
• Dust raisins and nuts in 1/4 cup flour.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add salt, eggs and molasses.
• Sift flour and the rest of the dry ingredients into creamed mixture and mix well.
• Add nuts and raisins and stir.
• Spread batter in pan.
• Bake 15-20 minutes.
• Cut into squares.

OLD FASHIONED HERMITS

Steps:

• 1. Cream the butter and sugar, add the egg and beat well.
• 2. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon and ginger.
• 3. Mix together the molasses and water.
• 4. Add alternately to creamed mixture, fold in raisins and chopped nuts.
• 5. Batter will be quite thick.
• 6. Spread out on floured surface and cut into shape.
• 7. Bake on cookie sheet 20 minutes at 375 degrees.

HERMITS MY FAVORITE RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. CREAM TOGETHER: Sugar and crisco ~ Beat in eggs ~ then add molasses and water and mix until smooth. SET ASIDE ( Some have suggested that these are to sweet and have cut the white sugar amount down. So be aware of that if you don't want them to sweet)
• 2. SIFT TOGETHER: Flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Add to liquid ingredients. ADD: Nuts and raisins
• 3. Grease a large cookie sheet. Make 3 lengths about 3 inches wide. Sprinkle tops with sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Do not overcook, will be dry, check at 15 Cool and cut.

CHOCOLATE OATMEAL HERMITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat pan with vegetable oil spray.
• In a medium bowl, cream together sugar, brown sugar, vegetable oil, egg whites, and vanilla with an electric mixer. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. With a wooden spoon, stir in the quick cooking oats and chocolate chips.
• Drop dough by level tablespoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.

MOM'S HERMITS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 F. In a medium bowl, cream together the Crisco, white sugar, and light brown sugar. Add beaten eggs and set aside.
• 2. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients.
• 3. Add dry mixture to creamed mixture and mix well.
• 4. Mix in coffee and molasses.
• 5. Stir in raisins and nuts.
• 6. Use a small ice cream scoop to make cookies or drop by tablespoons on greased cookie sheet.
• 7. Mix 1 egg white with 1 tablespoon of water. Brush top of cookies with eggwash.
• 8. Bake for 10-15 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.

MINCEMEAT HERMITS

Steps:

• Sift flour, soda, salt, and spices.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg and beat until light.
• Add dry ingredients, mincemeat, and cream- mix well.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.
• Bake in 400 degree oven, 10-12 minutes.
• Remove to racks to cool.

ROSE'S HERMITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cream together shortening, brown sugar, and eggs.
• Stir in coffee.
• Sift together and stir in flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
• Mix raisins and walnuts into the dough.
• Chill at least 1 hour.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2" apart on lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 400 degrees 8-10 minutes, until set, or until when touched lightly almost no imprint remains.
• Do not overbake.

CANDIED CHERRY HERMITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, cinnamon and baking soda; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the pecans, raisins and cherries. , Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

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:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place and mix together all dry ingredients (except baking soda) in a large bowl. This includes the chopped nuts, raisins and figs. Soften the butter or melt in a small sauce pan. Beat the eggs in a small bowl. Mix the baking soda with the hot water and pour into the large bowl along with the butter and eggs. Mix thoroughly. Note: the dough is very dry at first. Normally, I first mix it with a strong spoon and then switch to using my hands. Roll to about 1/4" thickness and cut with a cookie cutter or a medium drinking glass. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 - 14 minutes. Do not over back.

HERMITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly butter and flour 3 baking sheets.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt together in a large bowl.
• Beat the butter and brown sugar together in another bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Add the molasses and beat until smooth. While mixing slowly, add the flour mixture to make a sticky batter, being careful not to overmix. Fold in the raisins, cranberries, walnuts and ginger.
• Divide dough into 6 pieces and with slightly damp hands, shape each piece into a 1-inch wide log. Place 2 logs on each of the prepared cookie sheets, leaving plenty of space between each log, since the cookies spread considerably when baked. Brush with egg. Bake cookies, rotating the pans halfway through baking, until dark golden but still soft, about 15 minutes, Cool completely.
• Cut crosswise into 1 1/2-inch wide bar cookies. Serve, or store hermits covered at room temperature for up to 1 week.

HERMITS

Steps:

• 1. Blend together in large bowl:1/2 cup oil,1 cup sugar,1/4 cup brown sugar,1 eggand 1/4 cup molasses
• 2. In a separate bowl: 3 cups flour,1/2 tsp.salt,1 1/2 tsp. baking soda,1 tsp.each of cinnamon,ginger,and cloves
• 3. Add to large bowl above ingredients plus:1 cup raisins,1 cup nuts,and 3-4 tbs.water.
• 4. Dough may be thick so mix with hands.Makes 3 long rolls.Place on ungreased sheet and flatten with palms.Brush withbeaten egg.
• 5. Bake @360 degrees for 12 min. Cut while warm.I sprinkle mine with sugar.