Anna’s Hermit cookies

Anna’s Hermit Cookies

Ingredients (in theory)

    2 cups of flour
    1 tsp baking soda
    1 tsp baking powder
    ½ tsp salt
    1½ tsp cinnamon
    ½ tsp nutmeg
    3 tsp ginger
    ½ tsp cloves
    ⅛ tsp allspice
    ½ cup butter at room temperature
    ½ cup brown sugar
    ½ cup fancy molasses
    1 large egg
    2 tablespoons of golden rum
    2 cups total of nuts/fruit e.g.:
        ⅔ cup chopped walnuts  
        1 cup of raisins/dates/sour cherries 
        ¼ cup chopped dried apricots 

Reality

More nutmeg, cloves, allspice and ginger.

Yes, more rum than the recipe suggests.

Haven’t measured the fruit and nuts - I’m probably putting in more than I’m supposed to, and using craisins instead of raisins

Been using unsalted butter - grass fed butter since Anna’s hair dresser Tracy said it’s sooooo much better - and I was on keto at the time filling my face with butter. She’s not wrong.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375

Lightly grease cookie sheets with butter

Combine dry stuff in bowl and whisk

Cream the butter in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed.

Beat in the sugar, add the egg and beat until fluffy (i haven’t seen it turn fluffy,… but maybe a bit whiter), add rum & molasses. Note: scrap the sides periodically otherwise there will be clumps of pure butter in the final batter.

Recipe says with wooden spoon stir in walnuts, sour cherries, dates, raisins & apricots, but with kitchen aid mixer, i just do a few half rotations on slowest speed.

Add flour mixture and stir until incorporated. (what’s incorporated mean?),… i again use a few half rotations of the kitchen aid, and when spooning out the dough try to work in the stubborn bits of flour.

Drop the dough by the tablespoonful onto the prepared cookie sheets.

Bake for about 12 minutes, until the cookies are lightly browned and cracked.

Let the cookies cool for 1 minute on the sheets, then transfer them to wire racks to cool completely. (15-20 minutes).

Recipe says it makes 5 dozen, but it only makes 2 dozen of the size we make.

freshly shaved nutmeg.

Used a mortar and pestle for the cloves & all spice,… fun and a good workout !

I tried to grind cinnamon with the mortar & pestle but couldn’t do it!

It takes me forever to cut the dates & apricots & sour cherries,… I dust the knife and cut edges in flour so they don’t get stuck together, but it is still a mess.

     

instructions from “the complete cookie”

nutritional info

chatgpt says:

Assuming 24 cookies, each cookie would have roughly 165 calories, 4g protein, 29g carbs, and 8g fat.

Can you also summarize the vitamins and minerals?

Certainly, let’s summarize the vitamins and minerals present in the ingredients:

Vitamins and Minerals:

From Flour and Spices:

Flour: Contains some B-vitamins and iron.

Cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, allspice: These spices may contain small amounts of various vitamins and minerals, such as vitamin C, vitamin K, and manganese.

From Butter, Egg, and Molasses:

Butter: Contains small amounts of vitamins A and D.

Egg: Good source of vitamins B2 (riboflavin), B12, and D, as well as minerals like selenium.

Molasses: Contains iron, calcium, magnesium, and potassium.

From Walnuts and Dried Fruits:

Walnuts: Good source of omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin E, and some minerals like manganese and copper.

Dried fruits (cranberries, dates, sour cherries, dried apricots): May contain small amounts of various vitamins and minerals, such as vitamin C, vitamin K, potassium, and iron.

Overall:

The cookies will provide a mix of vitamins and minerals, including B-vitamins, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, selenium, manganese, copper, and possibly small amounts of other micronutrients.

While these ingredients do contribute some vitamins and minerals, it’s important to note that the overall nutritional profile of the cookies is still dominated by carbohydrates, fats, and sugars. Eating a diverse range of nutrient-dense foods is crucial for meeting daily vitamin and mineral requirements.