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Holiday Fruit Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup Crisco shortening
2 cups Brown Sugar (packed)
2 eggs
½ cup Buttermilk or Water
3 ½ cups Self-Rising Flour
1 ½ cup broken Pecans
1 cup Red Candied Cherries
1 cup Green Candied Cherries
2 cups of Dates (cut up)
Directions:
Directions:
Mix shortening and sugar. Then add eggs and buttermilk and mix thoroughly. Blend in flour. Stir in remaining ingredients cover; chill 1 hour. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheet. If desired, place a pecan half on each cookie. Bake 7-10 minutes or until almost no imprint remains when touched with finger. Immediately remove from baking sheet. Makes about 8 dozen.

 

 

 

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