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Sante's Hermit Cookie Recipe
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Sante's Hermit Cookie Recipe

16 ingredients Makes about three dozen hermits. openrecipes
Sante's Hermit Cookie Recipe

My friend Sante shared his hermit recipe with me - a simple, drop-style, spice cookie loaded with tiny currants, chopped walnuts, and finished with a bit of icing.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1002
Calories
29g
Protein
35g
Fat
142g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cloves 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Allspice 1 tsp ground (1.9g) 5
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Wheat not in our table 0
Pastry not in our table 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 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or unbleached all-purpose)
  • 2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine grain salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup natural cane sugar, sift out any chunks
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup currants
  • 1 cup walnuts, chopped
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 cup organic powdered sugar, sifted
  • 4 - 5 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions

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By 101cookbooks · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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