Fruitcake Cookies

Title:
Fruitcake Cookies

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Cooking




Ingredients:





 2 1/4 c  All purpose flour


     1 ts Baking soda


   1/2 ts Salt


 1 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon


   1/2 ts Ground nutmeg


   1/2 ts Ground ginger


   1/4 ts Ground cloves


 1 1/2    Sticks unsalted butter


   3/4 c  Dark brown sugar


   1/2 c  Granulated sugar


     1 lg Egg


   1/2 c  Chopped currants


   1/2 c  Chopped candied peel


   1/2 c  Chopped pecans





----------------------------------GARNISH----------------------------------


          Sugar for covering cookies





 Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment or foil and set aside. Mix flour with


 soda, salt, and spices; set aside. Combine butter and sugars in mixer bowl


 and beat until light. Beat in egg, then continue beating until smooth. Stir


 in flour mixture, then fruits and nuts. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and set


 racks in upper and lower thirds. Divide dough into 4 equal pieces, then


 divide each piece into 12 pieces. Roll each piece into a sphere, then roll


 each in sugar. Arrange well apart on pans, then bake for about 12 minutes,


 or until risen, cracked, but still moist.


 


 Notes: Recipe courtesy of Nick Malgieri


 


 Recipe by: Cooking live Show #9026


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #968 by "Angele and Jon Freeman"


 
on Dec 19, 1997