Chocolate Hermits Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven 350 degree's. parchnent line a sheet pan, or grease well. In a stainless bowl place the chocolate. Heat water in a saucepan. Bring to low boil. Place bowl of chocolate in water. Stir over water until melted. Set aside.
• 2. in a bowl place sugar, brown sugar and butter. Mix together well. Mix in the eggs. Add the milk and vanilla. Mix well.
• 3. stir in chocolate and blend well. Combine dry ingredients together. Add to chocolate mixture. Mix in raisins and nuts. Drop by teaspoon fulls on to sheet pan.
• 4. Bake 350 degree's 10-15 minutes. Move to rack to cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly butter and flour 3 baking sheets.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt together in a large bowl.
• Beat the butter and brown sugar together in another bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Add the molasses and beat until smooth. While mixing slowly, add the flour mixture to make a sticky batter, being careful not to overmix. Fold in the raisins, cranberries, walnuts and ginger.
• Divide dough into 6 pieces and with slightly damp hands, shape each piece into a 1-inch wide log. Place 2 logs on each of the prepared cookie sheets, leaving plenty of space between each log, since the cookies spread considerably when baked. Brush with egg. Bake cookies, rotating the pans halfway through baking, until dark golden but still soft, about 15 minutes, Cool completely.
• Cut crosswise into 1 1/2-inch wide bar cookies. Serve, or store hermits covered at room temperature for up to 1 week.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl cream together butter, sugar and spices. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Sift in the flour, baking soda and salt and stir until well blended. Stir in molasses and raisins.
• To make bar cookies: Spread mixture on cookie sheet and bake for 25 minutes. Cut into bars while warm and let cool on wire rack.
• To make drop cookies: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Drop batter about 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet and bake 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on wire racks.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl cream shortening, sugar.
• Beat eggs, pumpkin and vanilla inches.
• Sift dry ingredients together into a bowl.
• Stir into creamed mixture.
• Add in raisins,chips,dates and nuts.
• Drop by teaspoons on greased sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes till golden brown.

Steps:

• Sift together flour,baking powder,salt and cinnamon.
• Cream shortening,add sugar gradually,cream until fluffy.
• Add egg to creamed mixture with chocolate,blend well.
• Add vanilla and milk.
• Stir in dry ingredients,rasins and nuts.
• Mix well.
• Chill 30 minutes.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Remove cookies and cool on wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Cover raisins with boiling water. Let stand for 5 minutes; drain and set aside. , Whisk together next 6 ingredients. In another bowl, combine molasses, butter, egg white and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in walnuts and raisins (batter will be wet)., Divide batter in half; spread each half (wetting hands, if necessary) into a 12x2-in. rectangle 2 in. apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until edges are lightly browned and set, 10-15 minutes., Transfer rectangles to a cutting board; with a serrated knife, cut diagonally into 1-1/2-in. bars. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• 1. Cream the butter and sugar, add the egg and beat well.
• 2. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon and ginger.
• 3. Mix together the molasses and water.
• 4. Add alternately to creamed mixture, fold in raisins and chopped nuts.
• 5. Batter will be quite thick.
• 6. Spread out on floured surface and cut into shape.
• 7. Bake on cookie sheet 20 minutes at 375 degrees.