Down East Hermits
Recipe: #7219
November 21, 2011
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Dropped, Snacks, Walnut, Raisin, Baby Shower, Birthday, Brunch, Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, Easter, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day, July 4th Labor Day, Mothers Day, Picnic, Potluck, Oven Bake, Kid's Lunches, Flour, more
"A delicious Maine Hermit recipe that I have have been making for years. Moist and just the right mixture of spices and raisins. Great with coffee and for dunking! You might be thinking--Where is downeast? To Mainers, downeast is down in the most eastern part of Maine, but to those from away,downeast IS Maine."
Original is 40 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (45.5 g)
- Calories 181.3
- Total Fat - 8.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.5 g
- Cholesterol - 8.2 mg
- Sodium - 96.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 26.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
- Sugars - 10.1 g
- Protein - 2.5 g
- Calcium - 12.1 mg
- Iron - 0.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Mix shortening, brown sugar, and eggs thoroughly; blend in cold coffee.
Step 2
Mix in rest of ingredients well and then the raisins and walnuts; mix well.
Step 3
Chill 1 hour; drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
Step 4
Bake at 400 degrees for about 8-10 minutes or till set--just until touched lightly with fingertip, almost no imprint remains--don't overbake.
Tips
No special items needed.
5 Reviews
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