Old Hermit Cake Food

OLD HERMIT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
• Cream butter and sugar together well. Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in lemon juice and vanilla. Add remaining ingredients. Stir well.
• Turn into greased and floured 10 inch angel food tube pan. Bake in oven for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean.

EASY OLD FASHIONED HERMIT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• In a standing mixer on medium speed, cream together butter and brown sugar. Add eggs and beat until mixture is pale and thick - about 2 minutes. Beat in vanilla.
• Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Incorporate raisins, dates and nuts (depending on your mixer, you may have to do this part by hand with a wooden spoon).
• Drop cookies by tablespoonfuls onto a well-greased or parchment-lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart (you will have to do batches). Bake 10-12 minutes, until edges are set but centres still appear moist. Cool on baking sheet 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

EASY HERMITS

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, beat margarine or butter with electric mixer for 30 seconds.
• Add half of flour, brown sugar, egg, milk, vanilla, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
• Beat in remaining flour.
• Stir in raisins and nuts.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart, onto greased cookie sheets.
• Bake in 375 degree oven about 10 minutes, until edges are lightly browned.
• Cool cookies on rack.

HERMITS

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.

HERMIT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Combine 1 cup flour, dates and nuts; mix well.
• 2. Sift remaining flour with baking powder, salt and spices.
• 3. Cream butter and sugar well; add eggs, 1 at a time.
• 4. Add flour mixture, lemon juice and vanilla; mix well.
• 5. Pour batter over date mixture; mix with hands.
• 6. Pour into tube cake pan.
• 7. Bake in 275-degree oven for 2 hours and 45 minutes. Mrs. Frances Nickell Marfrance Church of God LWWB Marfrance, West Virginia

AUNT LOU'S HERMIT COOKIES RECIPE CARD

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350°F.
• In a small bowl, mix the spices. Add the nuts and dates. Set aside.
• Cream together the Crisco, white sugar and brown sugar with a stand mixer's beater blade until fluffy.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and pinch of salt in a large bowl.
• Slowly beat in the flour until it is thoroughly mixed.
• Beat in the sour cream slowly.
• Add the eggs and mix thoroughly.
• Fold in the spice/nut mixture with the beater blade on slow speed.
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and drop 1 Tbsp. balls.
• Bake at 350°F for 10-12 min until just brown on the edges. Makes 36 cookies.