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Hermits

Molasses cookies.
Jane Morris

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HOLY COW! Only the best thing to ever grace a Bostonian's table. My grandmother made the best. She taught me when I was really young. She was my dad's mom and she never really accepted my mother b/c she didn't have the talent to make a great hermit. Hermits aren't any old molasses cookie though. They have to have raisins to be legit and they're made in long bars and cut up after they're cooked.

Leigh on July 22, 2004 11:43 AM.

Well, my grandmother's not a New Englander, but made hermits all the time. Then again, the whole family was displaced Yankee--looks like half of Brookline picked up at some point in the 1700s and deposited itself in Western New York. So maybe it *is* a Yankee thing.

Barbara on August 5, 2004 01:37 PM.

hermits from Bombaderies across the street from Town Field were the bomb

big d on August 16, 2004 01:25 PM.

hermits from Bombaderies across the street from Town Field were the best

9Presley on August 17, 2004 07:05 PM.

With raisins, no?

Adam Stanhope on November 11, 2004 11:56 PM.

Anyone have a good recipe for hermits? How about Congo bars?

mm on July 26, 2007 12:00 AM.

OH god Pauls Bakery in Maynard used to make the best Hermits.That was a highligh of visitng my grandparents house in Sudbury was grabbing a couple of hermits and a small 8 oz bottle of Pepsi.God the memories.

Davef on December 21, 2007 10:46 PM.

My mother made these for us all the time when we were growing up in Melrose. They're wicked easy, and wicked excellent.

Hermits

Mix together with a whisk:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup vegetable oil

Sift together:
3 cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves

Mix with wet mixture

Add:
1 cup raisins

Spread on large greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° for 19-20 minutes. DO NOT OVERBAKE!

JHA on December 30, 2007 01:45 PM.

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