Christmas Fruit Cookies

Title:
Christmas Fruit Cookies

Yield:
72 Servings

Categories:
Cookies,
Holiday,
Family




Ingredients:





   1/2 c  Shortening


   1/2 c  Brown sugar; firmly packed


     2    Eggs


   1/2 ts Vanilla


   1/2 ts Soda


 1 1/2 tb Buttermilk


     1 c  Flour


   1/4 ts Allspice


   1/4 ts Nutmeg


   1/4 ts Cinnamon


   1/4 c  Bourbon


   1/2 lb White raisins


   1/2 lb Candied cherries


   1/2 lb Candied pineapple


   1/2 c  Flour


 1 1/2 c  Pecans; chopped






   Cream shortening and sugar; beat in eggs and add vanilla. Dissolve soda


 in buttermilk.  Combine 1 c. flour and spices; add to creamed mixture


 alternately with buttermilk and bourbon. Beat well after each addition.


   Coat fruit with 1/2 c. flour; stir fruit and nuts into batter. Drop by


 teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets and bake at 350 deg. for 10-15 min.


 Makes 6 doz. cookies.


   From Southern Living - Dec. 1976


 


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