Hermits

Name: Hermits
Yield: Makes about 70 cookies
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; ¼ cup brewed coffee, cold, or milk; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar; 1 large egg; 1¼ cups dark raisins; 3 ounces (about ⅔ cup) coarsely chopped walnut pieces; 2 cups all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Makes about
70
cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2000

About

Delightfully old-fashioned cookies that deserve to be served more often, hermits may be made in a variety of ways. This version is made as a drop cookie, but others (don’t miss Betty Shaw’s Hermits in How to Bake) are made as bar cookies, and cut after they have baked.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon

Europe
Italy
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices; stir well to mix.
In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and brown sugar until combined. Beat in the egg until the mixture is smooth.
Lower the speed and beat in half the flour mixture, then all the cold coffee. Scrape the b