11/15/2024
Do you know what spicy hermit cookies are?
According to checkiday.com, they are soft, chewy cookies made with brown sugar and raisins, and flavored with salt and spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. They often also include nuts, and in Canada, they are commonly made with dates. These cookies are regularly cut into squares.
There are a few ideas as to where spicy hermit cookies got their name. One theory is that since they are able to be stored for a long time. Another theory is that they resemble the brown sackcloth robes that hermits traditionally wore. Lastly, a Moravian, a member of an ethno-religious group, is known as a "Herrnhuter" in German and Dutch. They were known for making thin spice cookies, and their name may have sounded like "hermit" to cooks who spoke English.
