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Iced Spiced Hermits
When you can’t decide between cake and cookie, bake classic New England hermits, which are dense, chewy, and spiced with Christmas flavors.
👥 24 Servings👤 Dorie Greenspan📖 bonappetit
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●baking sheet
- ●oven
- ●knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cookies
2
Whisk together flour, cinnamon, ginger, salt, baking soda, nutmeg, baking powder, and pepper in a medium bowl.
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Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat brown sugar and butter until light and creamy, about ⏱️ 3 minutes. Beat in egg and molasses, scraping down sides of bowl as needed, until incorporated, about ⏱️ 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add dry ingredients; beat until just combined. Add raisins and mix just to evenly distribute. Cover and chill at least ⏱️ 30 minutes and up to ⏱️ 12 hours.
(250 g) all-purpose flour2 cups(packed; 200 g) light brown sugar1 cuplarge egg1(110 g) powdered sugar, sifted1 cup
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Place a rack in middle of oven; preheat to 350°. Divide dough in half and transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Using wet hands, shape dough into two 12"-long logs (a plastic bowl scraper is helpful for this) and arrange on opposing long sides of baking sheet, spacing 2"–3" from long edges. Lightly flatten top of each log.
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Bake logs until edges are just set but centers are still soft, 23–⏱️ 26 minutes (logs will spread and crack). Let cool.
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Glaze and Assembly
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Whisk powdered sugar and milk in a small bowl until smooth. Glaze should be thick but pourable; thin with more milk if needed. Drizzle glaze erratically over logs; let sit until set, at least ⏱️ 30 minutes. Using a serrated knife, slice logs crosswise 1" thick (or slice 2" thick and cut in half down the center for a squarish cookie). Do Ahead: Cookies can be assembled 4 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.
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