Do you enjoy giving away baked goods over the holidays? I sure do and these fruitcake cookies are perfect for decorative tins or boxes.
Let’s take a peek at what the folks over at Group Recipes have to say about it:
I don’t care to bake! I will make these each year as they are always gone before everyone leaves!!
I love to bake but I agree, these fruity cookies go fast! You had better make a double batch 🙂
Ingredients
1 Cup Land O Lakes butter softened
1 1/2 cup Domino sugar
2 Eggland’s Best eggs
2 1/2 cups Gold Medal All-purpose flour
1/2 tsp Morton salt
1 tsp Arm & Hammer baking soda
1 tsp McCormick ground cinnamon
16 oz candied red cherries(quartered)
8 oz candied pineapple (chopped)
8 oz candied dates (chopped) or candied Green cherries(chopped)
2 cups Fisher pecans (chopped)
Instructions
Cream butter, add sugar beating on medium until creamy and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well. Combine the Flour, Salt, Baking Soda and Cinnamon in a bowl and add slowly to the mixture, beating well after each addition.
Stir in remaining ingredients,(nuts and fruit)
Drop dough by the heaping teaspoons onto a lightly greased cookie sheets.
Bake at 375 for 10 to 13 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool on cookie sheets for 1 minute, then move to a wire rack to cool completely.
makes about 7 dozen.
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Quick Tip: These cookies are stable enough to box up and give away as holiday gifts.
Thank you to Group Recipes for this great recipe.
