Lyndells?
They are incredibly hard to spread - thick like peanut butter. It is achievable though - just know they spread nicely even if it looks lumpy to start with. They taste and smell like fall - great cookie recipe!
I was expecting these to be hard, but they were fairly light. The edges were more crunchy, middle was a little chewy-er. I used dried cranberries instead or raisins. Thumbs up from everyone in my house. Mine took almost an hour, not 30 min. It could just be my oven.
I "grew up" on hermits in the Boston area. But, the hermits of my youth were flatter and larger--maybe 3" x 4". The older they were, the harder they became and the better they were. One would dunk them in milk (kid version) or coffee (adult version). Ummm-ummm, good. I'll try this recipe but I think there is too much "rising" ingredients.