Holly Hermits

A couple of things about the cookie 12 Days of Christmas-Holly Hermits that I am sharing with you today. Number one I have baked from Betty Crocker’s cookbooks forever and love the cookie recipes that they have. Old fashioned all-time favorites. I have found this cookbook through a friend of mine Nan. It is called Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book. Cute title!!

Secondly, I love a cookie full of spice and flavor and this one delivers. This cookie is the best from the 1880-1890’s, rich with spices from the Indies. Wow, they have longevity!! They originated from Cape Cod and were sent to sea on many boats in the time frame and are still favorites to this day!!

I keep my raisins in the freezer and they may get a bit dried out but I plump them back up with hot water. This time I added some rum to the mix and let them soak for about 1/2 hour. The longer you soak them the more rum flavor you will get. Try baking some of these up this year, they will become one of your favorites too!

Take a break from decorating, sit back with a coffee, and enjoy these little satisfying cookies.

Yummy!

Holly Hermits

Tara Noland

A spicy, fruity, satisfying cookie!

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Inactive Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 55 minutes mins

Course Cookies

Cuisine American

Servings 8 dozen cookies

Calories 74 kcal

Ingredients

 

• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups brown sugar packed
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup cold coffee
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. nutmeg
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 2 1/2 cups raisins
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1/4 cup dark rum
• 1 1/4 cup walnuts rough chopped

Instructions

 

• Soak raisins in the hot water and rum for at least 1/2 hour stirring occasionally. Drain.
• In a stand-up mixer with a paddle attachment cream shortening and sugar together.
• Add eggs. Stir in coffee. Stir the flour, salt, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves together and incorporate it into the shortening mixture.
• Remove the bowl from the stand-up mixer and fold in the nuts and raisins.
• Chill dough for 1 hour at least.
• Heat oven to 400F. Drop tsp. of dough onto a lightly greased cookie sheet and place 2" apart.
• Bake for 8-10 min. or until golden brown. Cool on cookie racks.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 74kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 41mgSugar: 6g

Nutrition calculation is an estimation only. If you need nutritional calculations for medical reasons, please use a source that you trust.

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Adapted from Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book