Coffee Hermitscookies 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.

HERMIT BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth. Stir in the molasses and egg. Dissolve the baking soda in warm coffee; stir into the molasses mixture. Combine the flour, salt, cinnamon and cloves; Gradually stir into the batter. Mix in raisins. Form dough into 4 long strips lengthwise on the cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets then cut each strip into 2 inch bars while still warm.

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.

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.

COFFEE HERMITS..COOKIES

Steps:

• cream crisco and brown sugar, together --
• blend in egg.add water.set aside.
• sift next 6 ingredients together and mix into sugar mixture.
• fold in remaining ingredients, drop by rounded tspfuls onto lightly greased baking sheets -- about 2" apart.
• bake at 350* for 10 minutes.
• **I usually dissolve the instant coffee granlules into the 2 tbls water.warmed a little.