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Hermits

A soft, spicy cookie with a surprise twist
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Course Dessert
Servings 4 dozen

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 1/4 cup cold coffee
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/4 cups raisins
  • 3/4 cups chopped walnuts or raisins

Instructions
 

  • Mix brown sugar, butter, shorteningin a large bowl till creamy. Add coffee an egg; mix till smooth. Stir togetherdry ingredients in a separate bowl; add to butter mixture.
     
  • Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degreed about 8-10 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched. Cool on cookie sheet about 2 minutes then remove from pan.