Drop Hermits
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 well-beaten egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup nuts
1 cup sugar
1 well-beaten egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup nuts
Cream butter and sugar together.
Add well-beaten egg.
Sift together flour, soda, cloves, cinnamon and allspice.
Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
Add raisins and nuts.
Drop by teaspoons on greased tins and bake at 350°, 10 - 15 minutes.
Makes 56 small cookies.
Add well-beaten egg.
Sift together flour, soda, cloves, cinnamon and allspice.
Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
Add raisins and nuts.
Drop by teaspoons on greased tins and bake at 350°, 10 - 15 minutes.
Makes 56 small cookies.
"This recipe is one I made all the time before I was married. Every time Mom (Anna Hyduk Dickey) wanted something for dessert she said, `Dorothy, make some drop hermits and put lots of raisins in them, so it will make a big batch!'"