Thursday, December 15, 2016

"Hermits" (GREAT cookies)

My mother Edna made these.  

They were her favorite cookies, and we ALL loved them.

They are great for the holidays !!!




Hermits  (great cookies)

2 Eggs
1  1/2 Cup Sugar (substitute 1/2 cup of brown sugar/1 cup of white sugar if you wish)
2/3 cup Oil
1 Tablespoon Syrup (any maple, Log Cabin, Ala-Ga, your favorite)
2 Tablespoons Orange Marmalade
1 Teaspoon Baking SODA dissolved in 1 Tablespoon Water

Cream the eggs, sugar and oil, add the syrup and Marmalade

3 Cups Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 Teaspoon Allspice
1/2 Teaspoon Ginger
1 Cup seedless Raisins
1 Cup chopped nuts (Walnuts/Pecans, can be mixed)

Mix together the above DRY
Then fold in the eggs, etc from above, mix well.

Drop with a teaspoon onto greased cookie sheets and bake at 375 F (350 if you have a convection oven) until medium brown (about 12 minutes).  
 Yield 2 or 3 dozen (depending on size of cookie).

I have a small scoop, about the size of a melon ball, that I got at a restaurant supply.  Using that, I get 3 dozen cookies out of a single recipe.


This is a very old recipe, some say dating back to the 14th century.  The Orange Marmalade and Allspice give it the unique flavor.  

Enjoy !!

Edna Garren at her 95th birthday party

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