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Fruit cake cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup gold raisins
¾ cup dried cherries
½ cup dried diced apricots
¾ cup water
⅓ cup rum
¾ cup chopped pecans
⅓ cup orange marmalade
1 cup butter, soften
2 cups sugar, divided
2 large eggs
1 ½ tsp rum extract
½ tsp vanilla extract
3 ½ cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp ground cloves
½ tsp ground ginger

Glaze:
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 ½ tbsp heavy whipping cream
1 tbsp spiced rum
2 tsp unsalted butter, melted
¼ tsp salt
Directions:
Directions:
Mix raisins, cherries and apricots together in saucepan with water and rum. Bring to boil. Simmer uncovered until liquid is almost absorbed, 12 -15 min. Cool completely. Stir in pecans, and orange marmalade.
Preheat oven to 350º F. Cream butter and 1½ cups of sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 min. Beat in eggs and extracts. in another bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, gloves and ginger. Gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in fruit mixture. Place remaining sugar in a shallow bowl. Shape 2 tablespoons of dough into balls and toss in sugar to coat lightly. Place 2 in apart on parchment lined baking sheets.
Bake until golden brown and just set, 11-15 min. Remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely.
Mix glaze ingredients together. Drizzle over cookies.

 

 

 

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