My kitchen fall back when I’m in the mood to bake is usually cookies. I don’t know why: they’re not the most time efficient of baking choices or the simplest. But a hot cookie fresh out of the oven with a steaming mug of tea just can’t be beat.
Cookies also offer a HUGE range of flavor options for whatever you’re craving including savory choices.
Today I was hit by a craving for hermit cookies. If you’re not familiar, hermits are a standard drop cookie chock full of raisins, dates, cinnamon, nutmeg, and usually nuts. I use the term ‘usually’ because as in most cases with recipes: there are always variations (Check out a standard recipe and example of a variation here). My families’ recipe is also an example as we omit nuts and instead use chocolate chips. I remember being at school and being shocked that the recipe we were using lacked chocolate because at home chocolate chips were a staple. By sticking with the nut option you would have a very jazzed up spice cookie, but by sticking in the chocolate you have a great variation on the classic chocolate chip cookie.
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