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Mammaw's Uncooked Fruitcake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 slices candied pineapple
1 pkg candied cherries
2 pkgs or 1 lb of pitted dates
1 lb. walnuts (shelled)
3/4 lb. pecans
1 can Eagle Brand milk
1 large box vanilla wafers
Directions:
Directions:
Cut candied fruits and nuts. With a rolling pin, roll wafers, until fine. Mix all ingredients well and pack in covered dish.

Refrigerate 24 hours.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is the recipe of Mattie Inez Estes, Laura Heard's maternal grandmother. Notice there is no alcohol in this recipe. Laura's Mammaw was the wife of a Baptist preacher. We had to include a fruitcake recipe because John Heard LOVES fruitcake!

 

 

 

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