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Hermit Cookies
Photo: Molly Mears

Hermit Cookies

24 ingredients 25 min + 20 min 36 cookie openrecipes

With a dough similar to spiced molasses cookies, these cookie bars improve over a couple of days as the spices have time to deepen, thus the name hermit cookies. Make them a night or two before you serve them and make the icing the day you serve them. Then watch your friends and loved ones eat them with abandon.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1085
Calories
30g
Protein
28g
Fat
180g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Molasses 1 tbsp (20g) 58
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cloves 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (115 g) unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 1 cup (140 g) all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup (100 g) white whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup (200 g) crystallized ginger
  • 1 cup (165 g) dried tart cherries
  • 1/4 cup (50 g) golden raisins
  • 1/4 cup (55 g) dark brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons whole milk
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup (115 g) confectioners’ (powdered) sugar

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By eatthelove · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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