Fruit Cake Cookies
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From the kitchen of Dora Grimm
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Recipe Details
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Bake Time: |
10
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Yields: Tags: |
6 dozen Contains nuts |
Ingredients
2 cups (1 pound) butter or margarine
1 pound brown sugar
3 eggs
1 tablespoon milk
5 cups flour, sifted
1 can flaked coconut
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 pound white raisins
1 pound nut meats
1 pound candied cherries
1 pound candied pineapple, diced
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Measure 4 cups flour and mix with baking soda.
Combine fruit, coconut and nuts and toss with 1 cup sifted flour.
Cream butter, add sugar and cream together. Add eggs one at a time.
Mix in flour. Stir fruit, coconut and nut mixture in cookie batter.
Drop by teaspoonful onto greased cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Reviews
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volleyballmom0406 says:
I have been making these cookies for more than 6 years. They are a hit and my friends can't wait till I start baking each holiday season. I'm not a fan of traditional fruitcake so these are a wonderful change.
1/24/2017 11:23:58 AM
dadchild says:
hey this is really good your the best
12/13/2013 9:58:00 AM
dak97 says:
I have been making these cookies for several years now after finding the recipe here on northpole.com. People who don't like traditional fruitcake love these cookies! Here are my helpful hints: I found that margarine works better than butter for these cookies. I can no longer find canned coconut so I use half of a 14-ounce bag of shredded coconut. I always use pecans for the nuts. I only use the candied cherries and pineapple as the recipe states, not the container of diced, mixed candied fruits/peels in some stores. I "prep" the candied fruit by rinsing off the excess sugary syrup then spr
