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Christmas Fruit Cookies

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Category: Holiday, Cookies

 Ingredients List

  • 1/2 c Shortening
  • 1/2 c Brown sugar; firmly packed
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/2 ts Vanilla
  • 1/2 ts Soda
  • 1 1/2 tb Buttermilk
  • 1 c Flour
  • 1/4 ts Allspice
  • 1/4 ts Nutmeg
  • 1/4 ts Cinnamon
  • 1/4 c Bourbon
  • 1/2 lb White raisins
  • 1/2 lb Candied cherries
  • 1/2 lb Candied pineapple
  • 1/2 c Flour
  • 1 1/2 c Pecans; chopped

 Directions

Cream shortening and sugar; beat in eggs and add vanilla. Dissolve soda
in buttermilk. Combine 1 c. flour and spices; add to creamed mixture
alternately with buttermilk and bourbon. Beat well after each addition.
Coat fruit with 1/2 c. flour; stir fruit and nuts into batter. Drop by
teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets and bake at 350 deg. for 10-15 min.
Makes 6 doz. cookies.
From Southern Living - Dec. 1976


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