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Aunt Bess's Fruit Cake Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 sticks margarine
3/4 cup brown sugar
½ cup sugar
3 egg yolks
2 ½ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/8 tsp. salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cloves
2 tbsp milk
1 lb chopped dates
3 cups nuts and candied fruit mixture
Directions:
Directions:
In a large bowl, cream margarine and sugars, stir in egg yolks. Sift flour with soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves, and add to mixture in bowl, along with milk. Add dates and nut & fruit mixture. Drop from teaspoon onto greased baking sheet. Bake at 325 degrees 15 to 20 minutes, or until light, golden brown.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Every year at Christmas time Aunt Bess would send a package with gifts and yummy treats. This is her fruitcake cookie recipe. Everyone I know who hates fruitcake loves these cookies. They are always a hit at gatherings.

 

 

 

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