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Fruit Cake Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
¼ cup butter
¼ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1½ cups flour
¼ teaspoon cloves
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
1½ teaspoons soda in 1½ tablespoons milk
4 tablespoons whiskey or orange juice
I pound each of chopped : dates, candied cherries, candied pineapple, and pecans.

8oz dates=13/4 cups 1 lb pecans =4 cups
Directions:
Directions:
Chop all fruit and pecans. Sift ½ cup flour over cut fruit and pecans. Add all spices to remaining flour. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, milk, juice and remaining flour and spices. Mix with fruit and nuts. Drop in small amounts on greased cookie sheet and bake 15 minutes at 350º.
Cool and place in tin. Will stay good for weeks. Makes about 4 dozen.

Note: I have at times put the fruit and nuts, with flour in the food processor to save time. The cookies taste the same but are a different texture.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
abut 4 dozen
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 minutes after chopping.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
My friend, Jeannie Bee, in Natchez, MS, gave this to me about 1965. Everyone loves them even if they do not like fruit cake.

 

 

 

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