Christmas Cookies Ii

19 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground mace
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 cup chopped, peeled apple
  • 1 cup golden raisins
  • 1/2 pound candied pineapple
  • 1/4 pound chopped candied orange peel
  • 1/4 pound candied lemon peel
  • 8 ounces dates, pitted and chopped
  • 1 pound chopped pecans
  • 1 tablespoon bourbon
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream together butter, sugar, and eggs. Beat in flour, cocoa, and cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, and soda.
  2. 2
    Meanwhile soak candied pineapple, orange peel, and lemon peel in bourbon.
  3. 3
    Add apples, raisins, dates, pecans, and soaked fruits, and mix well.
  4. 4
    On a greased cookie sheet spoon out half-dollar size cookies, spaced 1/2 inch apart.
  5. 5
    In a preheated 350 degree (175 degrees C) oven, bake 12-15 minutes.

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