Healthy Apple Hermits Food

APPLE HERMITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy; mix in sugar and egg.
• Stir in flour mixture, and mix thoroughly; fold in nuts, apples, and raisins.
• Drop by rounded teaspoon onto prepared cookie sheets about 1 1/2 inches apart.
• Bake for 12 to 14 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack.
• In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar with milk to make a thin glaze; drizzle over cooled cookies.

APPLE HERMITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Mix in sugar and egg. Stir in flour mixture, and mix thoroughly. Fold in nuts, apples, and raisins.
• Drop by rounded teaspoon onto prepared cookie sheets about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
• In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar with milk to make a thin glaze. Drizzle over cooled cookies.

HEALTHY HERMITS

Steps:

• Heat over to 375 degrees and grease baking sheets.
• Cream margarine and sugar, add eggs and beat well.
• Stir in flour, oatmeal and spices.
• Add apple, fruit, nuts and milk powder and stir mixture until combined.
• Drop by tablespoon onto baking sheets, spreading lightly.
• Bake for approximately 10 - 12 minutes, depends on your oven.
• Enjoy!

HERMITS

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.

DOWN EAST HERMITS

Steps:

• Mix together thoroughly--shortening, brown sugar, and eggs.
• Blend in the cold coffee.
• Mix in the flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
• Add in the raisins and walnuts--mix well.
• Chill 1 hour.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 400 degrees for about 8-10 minutes or until set--just until when touched lightly with fingertip, almost no print remains.
• Do not overbake.

HERMIT BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth. Stir in the molasses and egg. Dissolve the baking soda in warm coffee; stir into the molasses mixture. Combine the flour, salt, cinnamon and cloves; Gradually stir into the batter. Mix in raisins. Form dough into 4 long strips lengthwise on the cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets then cut each strip into 2 inch bars while still warm.