Old-Fashioned Hermits

Yield: 28 cookies (serving size: 1 cookie)

Ingredients

• 1/3  cup  margarine, softened
• 2/3  cup  firmly packed brown sugar
• 1  egg
• 1/2  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 1/4  teaspoon  lemon extract
• 1 1/2  cups  all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2  teaspoons  baking powder
• 1/2  teaspoon  ground allspice
• 1/2  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground nutmeg
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground cloves
• 1/4  cup  unsweetened apple juice
• Vegetable cooking spray
• 28  raisins

Preparation

Cream margarine; gradually add brown sugar, beating at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg and flavorings, beating well.

Combine flour and next 5 ingredients, mixing well. Add to creamed mixture alternately with apple juice, beginning and ending with flour mixture, mixing well after each addition.

Drop dough by heaping tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets coated with cooking spray. Press a raisin in center of each cookie. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool slightly on cookie sheets. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

63 (34% from fat)

Fat:

2.4g

Protein:

0.9g

Carbohydrate:

9.3g

Cholesterol:

7mg

Sodium:

29mg

Calcium:

21mg