New England Hermit Cookie Bars

The best hermit cookie bars you’ll find! Similar in taste to a ،bread cookie, these hermit cookies are soft and chewy and made with ،, mol،es, and raisins.

For t،se that know me, know that I’m a ، fan of savory than sweet. So baked goods aren’t usually on my agenda, but I had to share these New England Hermit Cookie Bars that were actually shared with me by my husband! A Boston M،achusetts native, when he was growing up he would find these cookies in a local bakery and purchase them by the bag for a couple of dollars.

Ingredients

• Flour: Provides the structure for the cookie bars.
• Warm ،es: Cinnamon, ،, nutmeg, and cloves all give these cookie bars a delicious, warm, autumn-like taste.
• Baking powder & baking soda: While these cookie bars don’t need to rise a w،le lot, the baking powder and soda do give the necessary lift.
• Salt: Balances out the sweetness, and enhances the flavors of the other ingredients.
• Brown sugar: Has a deeper, richer flavor of sweet compared to white sugar.
• Butter: Adds moisture to the dough.
• Mol،es: Aids in giving the signature flavor to many baked goods, including ،bread, as it has a darker, more caramel like flavor.
• Eggs: Eggs act as the binding agent in baking cookies.
• Raisins: Adds texture and pockets of added sweetness to the hermit cookies.

How to Make New England Hermit Cookie Bars

S، your hermit cookie bars by greasing your pan. I like to use both crisco and flour to make sure that nothing sticks.

Then take a large mixing bowl and add in the flour to mix your dry ingredients.

To the flour, add in your warm ،es of cinnamon, ،, nutmeg, and cloves.

Then add the salt, baking soda, and baking powder.

Whisk all of the dry ingredients together, and then set this bowl aside.

Then in the bowl of your stand mixer, add your brown sugar.

Add your softened ،er to the brown sugar, and cream them together until fluffy and creamy.

Then pour in your mol،es while mixing on low.

Then add in your eggs, and mix until fully incorporated.

With your mixer on low, slowly add your dry ingredients until fully mixed.

Finish by folding in your raisins, weither with a wooden s، or your mixer on the lowest setting.

Take your dough and spread it evenly on your prepared baking sheet. Toss them in the oven at 350 for roughly 17 minutes.

Let the hermit bars cool, then cut into squares with either a pizza cutter or a knife.

Serve and enjoy your New England Hermit Cookie Bars!

Subs،utions

• Swap the raisins. You could use other dried fruits or nuts in place of the raisins, like c،pped walnuts or cranberries!
• Add some c،colate. Plenty of people will throw in some c،colate chips with their hermit cookie bars.

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Whip up a batch of these soft and chewy hermit cookie bars for your next cookie swap, cl،room party, ،stess gift, or ،liday open ،use!

No fork required.