Betty Shaw’s Hermits

Name: Betty Shaw’s Hermits
Yield: About thirty-six 2-inch squares
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1½ cups (about 6 ounces) chopped walnuts or pecans; 1½ cups (about 6 ounces) chopped walnuts or pecans; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1½ cups raisins; 1 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter; ½ cup unsulfured molasses; 2 large eggs; 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour; ½ cup buttermilk; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves

Preparation info

About
thirty-six
2 inch squares

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Bake

By Nick Malgieri

Published 1995

About

The late Betty Shaw, a great baker from Fort Worth, Texas, shared this recipe for a favorite cookie. Using pecans for these makes them “real Texan.”

Ingredients

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 cup dark brown sugar

Americas
United States
Fort Worth
Texas
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Set a rack at the middle level of the oven. Preheat to 350 degrees.
In an electric mixer, beat together the butter and brown sugar on medium speed until smooth, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until each is incorporated, scraping