Hermits

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter; softened 
• 1 cup brown sugar; packed 
• 1 egg; beaten 
• 1/4 cup sour cream 
• 1/4 cup milk 
• 2 cups all purpose flour 
• 2 teaspoon baking powder 
• 1 pinch of salt 
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 
• 1 cup raisins 

• 3/4 cup powdered sugar; sifted 
• 2 tablespoons half and half 
• few drops vanilla 

Method

Preheat oven to 350° F.  Grease several baking sheets with butter and dust with flour.  In a large bowl, beat butter with brown sugar until very creamy. Beat in egg, sour cream and milk.   Sift flour, baking powder, salt and allspice into bowl; mix well.   
Stir in raisins. Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of mixture onto prepared baking sheets, spacing well apart.  Using a fork dipped in cold water, flatten each teaspoonful slightly.  Bake about 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Meanwhile, prepare glaze. In a small bowl, beat together powdered sugar, half and half and vanilla until smooth.   As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, brush a thin layer of glaze over each one.   
Place on a wire rack to cool.  

Yield: 3 dozen cookies