There’s something undeniably comforting about the warm, spiced aroma of hermit cookies baking in the oven. These old-fashioned treats, packed with plump raisins, crunchy walnuts, and a hint of coffee, evoke memories of cozy kitchens and holiday gatherings. This easy drop cookie recipe for hermit cookies is an old one that has been in my family for years that bring that classic flavor to your home, creating soft, chewy cookies that are perfect for a sweet afternoon treat or a festive occasion.
Ingredients:
1 cup of butter, softened
2 cups of light brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs
½ cups of cold coffee
3 ½ cups of flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda, leveled
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of allspice
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
2 ½ cups raisins
1 cups of chopped walnuts
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 375-degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the softened butter with the brown sugar and eggs until well blended.
- Stir in the cooled coffee.
- Sift the flour with the baking soda in another mixing bowl.
- Add the cinnamon, salt and allspice to the dry ingredients next.
- Mix in the raisins and nuts.
- Chill dough for at least an hour in your refrigerator.
- Use a small cookie scooper with a release trigger to deposit leveled scoops of the dough on ungreased cookie sheets. Give the cookies room to spread.
- Bake at 3750-degrees for 10-12 minutes, the edges will get lightly browned.
- Give these cookies about a minute or two before removing from the pan to a cooling rack.
- ENJOY!
Baking Tips for Great Cookies
Achieve Cookie Perfection with a Simple Trick:
One of my most trusted baking tools is a small cookie scoop with a release trigger. It helps create consistent, evenly sized cookies that bake uniformly. To make the scooping process even smoother, I keep a cup of water handy. By dipping the scoop in the water after each cookie, the dough releases each cookie effortlessly, preventing sticking and ensuring perfectly shaped hermit cookies every time.
Tip for Spice Variations:
If you don’t have allspice on hand, you can substitute it with equal parts ground nutmeg or cloves. While the flavor won’t be exactly the same, it will provide a similar warm, spiced note to your hermit cookies.
- 1 cup of butter softened
- 2 cups of light brown sugar packed
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cups of cold coffee
- 3 ½ cups of flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda leveled
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon of allspice
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 2 ½ cups raisins
- 1 cups of chopped walnuts
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Preheat the oven to 375-degrees.
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In a large mixing bowl, cream the softened butter with the brown sugar and eggs until well blended.
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Stir in the cooled coffee.
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Sift the flour with the baking soda in another mixing bowl.
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Add the cinnamon, salt and allspice to the dry ingredients next.
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Mix in the raisins and nuts.
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Chill dough for at least an hour in your refrigerator.
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Use a small cookie scooper with a release trigger to deposit leveled scoops of the dough on ungreased cookie sheets. Give the cookies room to spread.
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Bake at 3750-degrees for 10-12 minutes, the edges will get lightly browned.
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Give these cookies about a minute or two before removing from the pan to a cooling rack.
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ENJOY!
If you never enjoyed these walnut and raisin cookies, then you honestly owe it to yourself and family to try this recipe for the best old fashioned hermit cookies with coffee. Please if you do make them, do share and pass on my recipe.
More of My Spiced Cookie Recipes You Should Try
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Soft and Spicy Amish Sugar Cookies
Easy and Spicy Molasses Drop Cookies with Oil
