Hermits

1 cup shortening
 2 cups brown sugar (packed)
 2 eggs
 1/2 cup cold coffee
 3 1/2 cups flour
 1 tsp soda
 1 tsp salt
 1 tsp nutmeg
 1 tsp cinnamon
 2 1/2 cups seeded raisins
 1 1/4 cups chopped nuts

Mix the shortening, sugar, and the eggs thoroughly.  Stir in the coffee.
 Stir the dry ingredients together.  Blend into the shortening mixture. Mix in the raisins and the nuts. 
Chill the dough for at least one hour.
 Heat the oven to 400 F.  Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto lightly greased baking sheets.
 Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or  until almost no imprint remains when touched lightly in the center. Makes 7 to 8 dozen cookies
Recipe Source:  Betty Crocker's  Cooky Book - 1963