Chocolate Hermits

Ingredients

• ^ c butter
• 3^ c sugar
• the yolk of I eg{^
• 2 T chocolate
• i T sugar
• 1 T boiling water
• I c flour
• i t baking powder
• yi c nut meats
• 5^ c raisins

Method

1. 1

   Cream together butter and sugar, add egg yolk, and beat well.

2. 2

   Cook chocolate, sugar, and boiling water, then add to the mixture.

3. 3

   Add flour mixed with baking powder, nuts, and raisins.

4. 4

   Fold in beaten egg whites, chill, roll out thin, cut into shape, and bake in a moderate oven.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 36 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 145. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE HERMITS TEA Individual Meat Pies Make a biscuit dough, i c flour, 2 t baking powder, ^4 t salt, y2 T shortening, ^ c milk or water. Cut any of the Beef Roll left from the preceding evening into I inch cubes. If there is not enough left, i lb. beef 262 LESSONS IN COOKING stew may be used, all fat and gristle being removed from the pieces, however. Use equal quantities of meat and gravy, seasoning with ^ c currants, yi t each cloves and cinnamon for each 2 c of meat. Arrange in individual pans, cover the top with a round of dough, about 4 inches in diameter, and bake about 20 m in a hot oven. Serve at once. If raw meat is used, it must be cooked as a stew first, because the time allowed for baking is not sufficient to cook raw meat. Chocolate Hermits Cream together ^ c butter and 3^ c sugar, add the yolk of I eg{^, and beat well. Cook 2 T chocolate, i T sugar, and 1 T boiling water, i m or so, then add to the butter mix- ture. Add I c flour, mixed and sifted with i t baking powder, then yi c nut meats and 5^ c raisins

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