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      Title: American Hermits
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 36 servings
 
    1/2 c  Butter; softened
      1 c  Brown sugar (packed)
      1    Egg; beaten
    1/4 c  Sour cream
    1/4 c  Milk
      2 c  All-purpose flour
      2 ts Baking powder
      1 pn Salt
      1 ts Ground cinnamon
    1/4 ts Ground cloves
      1 c  Raisins

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    3/4 c  Powdered sugar; sifted
      2 tb Half and half
      3 dr Vanilla
 
  Preheat oven to 350 F (175 C).  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 apapt. 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.
  
  Source: "The Book of Cookies" by Pat Alburey, HP Books.
 
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