How To Make Fruitcake Cookies
Whip up a fresh batch of fruitcake cookies, made with tart cherries, dates, nuts, and citrus peels, for a nutty and fruity treat!
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: 10 minutes
Total: 25 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4cupsall purpose flour
- 1tspbaking soda
- 1tspsalt
- 1cupshortening
- 2cupsbrown sugar,packed
- 2eggs
- ⅔cupmilk
- 1cuppecans,chopped
- 2cupsdates,pitted and chopped
- 1cupcandied cherries,quartered, plus ½ cup red and green candied, halved
- 1cupmixed citrus peel,candied
- ½cupcandied cherries,red and green, halved
Instructions
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Sift the flour, measure, and sift it again with the baking soda and salt.
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Cream the shortening, then add the sugar and eggs. Beat until light and fluffy.
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Add the milk and flour mixture, mixing well. Stir in the nuts, dates, cherries and candied peel.
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Cover and chill the dough for several hours.
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Drop the chilled dough by teaspoons, 2-inches apart, onto lightly greased baking sheets. Top each cookie with half of a candied cherry.
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Bake at 350 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes.
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Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 162.60kcal
- Fat: 6.16g
- Saturated Fat: 1.33g
- Trans Fat: 0.56g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.70g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.73g
- Carbohydrates: 26.48g
- Fiber: 1.24g
- Sugar: 16.93g
- Protein: 1.84g
- Cholesterol: 7.00mg
- Sodium: 84.57mg
- Calcium: 22.02mg
- Potassium: 111.88mg
- Iron: 0.72mg
- Vitamin A: 5.47µg
- Vitamin C: 0.64mg
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