Hermits

Celebrate American Cooking, p. 88

1 cup packed brown sugar

¼ cup margarine or butter, softened

¼ cup shortening

¼ cup cold coffee

1 egg

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

1 ¼ cups raisins

¾ cup chopped nuts

Heat oven to 375F. Mix brown sugar, margarine, shortening, coffee, egg, cinnamon and nutmeg in medium bowl. 

What a concoction!

Stir in remaining ingredients. 

I used almonds for the chopped nuts and also added some craisins to the mix for more Fall flavor.

Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake until almost no indentation remains when touched, 8 to 10 minutes. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. 

Cookies; The Ultimate Finger Food.

My Rating: 4/5 "These were a great autumnal snack that give you a great excuse to heat up the house with baking! The coffee isn't really an overwhelming flavor - just a mellow accent behind the sweet things. Good stuff!"