Hermits - Holiday Treats

1 cup soft shortening

2 cups brown sugar

2 eggs

½ cup cold coffee

3 ½ cups sifted flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 ½ cups plump raisins

1 ¼ cups chopped nuts

Mix together thoroughly shortening, brown sugar and eggs. Stir in coffee. Sift together and stir in flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix into dough, raisins and chopped nuts. Chill at least 1 hour. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart on lightly grease baking sheet. Bake until set, just until, when touched lightly with finger, almost no imprint remains. Bake at 400F for 8 to 10 minutes.

Taken from Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book, 1st Ed, 1950.