Fruit Cake Cookies

14 ingredients
23 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/2 c. brown sugar, packed
  • 2 tsp. soda
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
  • 4 oz. candied cherries
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp. sweet milk
  • 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
  • 4 oz. candied pineapple
  • 2 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 3 c. chopped pecans
  • 1/4 c. butter or margarine
  • 1 1/2 c. flour
  • 4 Tbsp. fruit juice
  • 1 box (8 oz.) pitted dates, chopped

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream
  2. 2
    together the sugar and butter.
  3. 3
    Add beaten eggs. Dredge all
  4. 4
    fruit
  5. 5
    in part of the flour, about 1/2 cup.
  6. 6
    Sift together remaining
  7. 7
    flour,
  8. 8
    soda
  9. 9
    and spices.
  10. 10
    Add to creamed mixture.
  11. 11
    Add sweet
  12. 12
    milk
  13. 13
    and
  14. 14
    juice
  15. 15
    (juice from maraschino cherries is especially good).
  16. 16
    However, additional milk may be substituted. Next,
  17. 17
    add
  18. 18
    dredged
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    fruit
  20. 20
    and pecans.
  21. 21
    Drop by teaspoon
  22. 22
    on greased cookie sheet and bake in 300° oven for 20 minutes.
  23. 23
    Makes about 7 dozen cookies.

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