Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: Iced, Spiced Hermits

December 12, 2023 at 10:57 pm | Posted in BWD, cookies & bars, groups, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 4 Comments
Tags: baking, cookies, holiday

What’s hiding inside the cookie tin? Hermits! These Iced, Spiced Hermits are old fashioned, chewy molasses-spice cookies with raisins (or another dried fruit), baked as a log and then sliced up. You can actually hide them away because they’re good keepers, but if people know they’re in the tin, they’ll disappear fast. I brought them to my college’s NYC alum holiday party, and there weren’t any left to bring back home. Very satisfying.

I made the hermits a couple of years ago as well (the below photo). Both times I soaked the raisins in a bit of rum for a few hours before making the dough and set aside the strained-off booze to use in the glaze drizzle. Both times I also added festive sprinkles…who knew a hermit could be so charming?

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So charming…and delicious! Who knew?!! Sounds like quite a few of us had never had these before…so good!

Comment by isthisakeeper— December 18, 2023 #

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I got so many wonderful ideas from you. I’d use them for sure: to dress up the cookies with colorful sprinkles, to add booze in the glaze and to hide them in a tin. Thanks!

Comment by Shirley @ EverOpenSauce— December 19, 2023 #

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- glad i could help 😉
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— December 19, 2023 #
  
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Oh, your hermits are so fun with their sprinkles! They are perfect for the holidays with those…making a note in my book and giving you full credit. My books are filled with notes from your posts. I just got around to making these recently, so thank you for stopping by with your comment yesterday, you are very sweet to do that for The Great at Being Late Kate. lol xo

Comment by Kayte Gerth— April 26, 2024 #

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a whisk and a spoon