"These old-fashioned hermit cookies are made with brown sugar and your choice of chopped dates or raisins along with chopped pecans or walnuts...."
INGREDIENTS
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1/4 cup vegetable shortening
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1/4 cup butter (softened)
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1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
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1 large egg
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1/4 cup coffee (brewed, cold)
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1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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Optional: dash ground cloves
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1 1/2 cups chopped dates (or raisins)
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1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or pecans)