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Hermit Cookies on a white plate
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Hermit Cookies

These Hermit Cookies are an old fashioned spiced cookie. Originating from New England decades ago, they are soft and chewy and full of flavor!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cookies, gingerbread
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Servings 24 cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon allspice
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 cup 1 stick, butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
  • zest of 1 orange
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1-2 teaspoons milk

Instructions

  • In a small bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, allspice and ginger. Mix well and set aside.
    combine dry ingredients
  • Beat together butter, brown sugar and molasses with a mixer for 3 minutes, scraping down the sides halfway through mixing.
    combine butter, sugar and molasses
  • Add vanilla and eggs and beat well.
    add vanilla and eggs to hermit cookies
  • Add dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
    add dry ingredients to wet ingredients
  • Fold in chocolate chips and orange zest.
    Add chocolate chips to hermit cookies
  • Using a 2 tablespoon portion scoop, scoop batter onto rounds wax paper. Place into the refrigerator for 1 hour.
    scoop on to prepared pan
  • Preheat oven to 325 and place dough, 2" apart on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake for 12-14 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove from oven and let stand to cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before moving to a cooling rack to cool completely.
    bake hermit cookies
  • Once cookies are cool, mix together powdered sugar and milk until you have a glaze consistency that will fall off a spoon but isn't too thin that it barely sticks onto the spoon. Drizzle on top of cookies and let stand to harden.
    hermit cookies on a cooling rack