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| mellaisbella |
Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 05:23:06 AM
I am addicted to hermit cookies that I buy from the local bakery... I would love to make them....instead of getting a recipe from the computer, I thought I'd ask you fellow farmgirls if you had one
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
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| jill skane |
Posted - Jul 10 2010 : 5:13:09 PM
My x daugter in laws made the best hermits, she would make a double batch for my husband every Christmas, I never got the recipe because she would make him them and he got his fill at christmas. I am going to copy the recipe from u girls and try him with these.
thanx
jill |
| urban chickie |
Posted - Jul 10 2010 : 4:58:34 PM
Kind of funny, after posting that recipe.......I told you all I really didn't remember them that well, they were a favorite of my mom's and not mine....well, I made them the other day and they were not what I remembered. Yes, they are a soft cookie and wow did I like them this time around! My tastes really have changed with age. Apparently everyone at work liked them too as they are all gone! I have been pouring over the old cookie recipes I have. I think maybe I was mistakenly remembering rocks, not hermits. I know my mom really liked both, she got from both from her grandmother along with others. Both have raisins and dates, as well as nuts. So now I have to make a batch of rocks and see what I think about those after all these years.
Catherine
Farmgirl #1370
City Girl By Birth,
Suburbanite By Location,
Farmgirl at Heart
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| Dawniamw |
Posted - Jul 04 2010 : 4:55:33 PM
Hi Everyone, I'm sorry that I can't find the book at this moment (i'm still looking), but the cookbooks put out by the MADD society have a wonderfull recipe if anyone has the book. If I find it tonight, I will post the recipe. Blessings, Dawnia (cresson pa) |
| Lin |
Posted - Jul 04 2010 : 12:43:48 PM
What fun!! I love the recipes posted and plan to try them!! I've never heard of Hermit cookies, but I have the Neiman Marcus recipe that has become our all time favorite and it sounds very similar, and has the oatmeal, but also chocolate chips and hershey bar chunks. I'll post if anyone is interested! Hugs, Lin
"Our beautiful earth is worth saving"!! |
| Rivergirl_2007 |
Posted - Jul 04 2010 : 11:08:54 AM
Thanks to all for posting the recipe. I love getting new ones from all of you. |
| urban chickie |
Posted - Jul 03 2010 : 09:55:00 AM
You know what, I haven't made these in years. I honestly don't remember them very well. I don't think they were particularly soft but I could be wrong. When I pulled out the recipe to post it I saw I had written the note about adding the chocolate on it, it's a trick I use in a lot of spice recipes. They were always a favorite of my mom's but as a kid I didn't get into them too much, I always was after the chocolaty, gooey cookies. We always made LOTS of cookies at Christmas. It's just that the name stuck out for me, as they were a favorite of my mom's. But as I got older I now prefer all the nut cookies my mom also liked over the gooey rich chocolate ones....I need to make these soon to see what I think of them now LOL. Oh, and maybe the other recipe posted, for comparison ROFLOL!!
On a more serious not, using shortening gives one a much softer, chewy texture than butter, so I think the second recipe might be more what you are after. Butter is crisper in cookies usually.
Catherine
Farmgirl #1370
City Girl By Birth,
Suburbanite By Location,
Farmgirl at Heart
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| beekeepersgirl |
Posted - Jul 02 2010 : 04:48:35 AM
Hi Melanie -
I called my Mom last night and got her recipe. I remember they were delicious.
SOFT SPICY HERMITS
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 cups sifted flour
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup molasses
3/4 cup raisins
Cream together sugar and oil and set aside. In a separate bowl mix together molasses and milk and add sifted ingredients a little at a time. Add this mixture to the sugar and oil.
Spread batter on a standard size cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes depending on the thickness. Cut into rectangle bars and sprinkle with granulated sugar while still hot.
Enjoy!
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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| mellaisbella |
Posted - Jul 02 2010 : 04:13:53 AM
thanks gals!! Great story indeed!
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
| Roxy7 |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 6:53:33 PM
Let me find my recipe. Its yummo! |
| mickib |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 2:59:02 PM
I will have to try your recipe Catherine - and what a story to go with it. The hermits we used to get were maybe 1/3" thick bars that were about 2" long. Maybe I'll try shaping your recipe into bars. Are these soft? That's what I remember about the ones my mom used to buy. |
| urban chickie |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 1:49:34 PM
Sheesh - glad I reread that after I posted, I had three typos in it!
Catherine
Farmgirl #1370
City Girl By Birth,
Suburbanite By Location,
Farmgirl at Heart
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| urban chickie |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 1:46:08 PM
The following is a recipe my mom got from her grandmother, who for a while ran a roadside diner and later when the town built up ran the hospital cafeteria. Great gramma McCoy (yes, of THOSE McCoys LOL) was known for her cooking, especially the knowledge of how to cook less than ideal meats, and for her ability to divine for water. She died when I was just a month old but from the stories I have heard, I sure wish I had known her! Divorced and with four kids out of the house, she moved from Oklahoma to Washington by covered wagon with her 11 year old youngest (my grandma) in 1936. Wonder what she would have thought of the internet LOL. Anyhow, this recipe doesn't have oatmeal but adding some would be easy enough if you cut back on the flour just a tad, and/or added more milk. I also add 1 TBSP of cocoa to the recipe. Doesn't add chocolate flavor, just a subtle spice no one can identify and I love to make folks guess LOL!!
Hermit Cookies - Makes 5 dozen cookies
4 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp salt
2 c brown sugar
1 c butter, softened
4 eggs
1/4 c milk
1 c raisins
1 c chopped dates
1 c chopped nuts
Stir together flour, salt, spices and baking soda. In another bowl, combine brown sugar and butter till smooth. Beat in eggs, one at time. Alternatively add flour mixture and milk to butter mixture. Stir in dried fruit and nuts. Drop walnut sized portions 2" apart onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake 12-15 min at 375 degrees F. Cool and then store airtight.
Catherine
Farmgirl #1370
City Girl By Birth,
Suburbanite By Location,
Farmgirl at Heart
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| mickib |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 10:41:47 AM
Oh, please post recipes. I remember my mom buying hermits at the bakery, because she never found a recipe that was as good as theirs. I'd love to find a good hermit recipe. |
| CCChristen |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 08:28:32 AM
Hi there,
I found a recipe for Hermit cookies in an old 1935 Guild Cookbook that I have I email it to you.
Good Luck with the recipe.
,
Lineshack farmgirl 1570
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| mellaisbella |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 04:47:04 AM
thanks Luanne...they are my fav! i just "discovered" them a few weeks ago at the grocery store in the bakery section...and, well, it's been love ever since!
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
| beekeepersgirl |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 04:26:49 AM
My mom made "hermits" all the time when I was a kid. I'll talk to her this weekend and ask her for her recipe. I remember they were delicious!
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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| mellaisbella |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 04:08:29 AM
maybe....I've never heard of a cowboy cookie before
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
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| Rivergirl_2007 |
Posted - Jun 30 2010 : 9:40:18 PM
Oh yum - I sure hope someone out there has the recipe. Is it anything like a cowboy cookie? |
| mellaisbella |
Posted - Jun 30 2010 : 06:34:25 AM
it has walnuts, raisins, sometimes oatmeal and there is cinamon in them too....YUM!YUM!
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
farmgal #150 |
| Rivergirl_2007 |
Posted - Jun 29 2010 : 9:42:33 PM
Can you describe a hermit cookie? I have never heard of it. |
