Cooking Recipe Christmas Fruit Cookies ---Whnp81A
Recipe Ingredients
1/2 c
Shortening
1/2 c
Brown sugar; firmly packed
2 ea
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
Directions
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