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Fruitcake Cookies

Matrey Law
Matrey Law’s Fruitcake Cookies offer a fun, easy, and delicious twist on traditional fruitcake. This recipe is ideal for your holiday dessert menu and makes the best Christmas cookies!
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 60 cookies
Calories 180 kcal

Equipment

  • Stand or hand-held mixer
  • Baking sheets
  • Parchment paper
  • Wired cooling racks

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup milk
  • 3 cups flour all-purpose
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 Tablespoons Sherry flavoring This is hard to find, so I use 1 Tablespoon Lemon extract & 1 Tablespoon Cherry flavoring
  • Pinch of salt
  • 7 cups chopped pecans
  • 1 lb. candied pineapples
  • 1 lb. candied cherries
  • 1 lb white raisins

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
  • Chop cherries, pineapples, and pecans in a large mixing bowl. Add raisins. Stir in 1 cup of flour. Thoroughly coat all ingredients with flour. Set aside.
  • Mix butter and brown sugar in a separate bowl using a mixer, creaming until light and fluffy.
  • Add eggs, milk, 2 cups of flour, cinnamon, soda, lemon and cherry flavoring, and salt; mix well.
  • Add the butter mixture to the nuts, fruit, and raisins mixture and stir with a wooden spoon. Mix well.
  • Drop cookie dough by teaspoonfuls at least 2 inches apart onto parchment paper-lined (or greased) baking sheets. Bake at 300 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before moving to wire racks.
  • Yield: about five dozen.

Notes

Tips & Twists
  • Using kitchen scissors is a quick and easy way to chop sticky, candied fruit.  Leave the fruit in its container and sprinkle 1 teaspoon of flour to coat the fruit. Use the scissors to cut the fruit without removing it from the container.
  • Add 1 lb chopped dates
  • Add 7 oz of coconut
  • Use an ice cream scooper to scoop the cookie dough and place it on the baking sheet.
  • These cookies can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.  Wrap cookies in plastic wrap and freeze in an airtight container.

Nutrition

Serving: 2gCalories: 180kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 2gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 38mgPotassium: 71mgFiber: 1gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 117IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg

Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content may vary depending on the brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and other factors.

Keyword cookies, Fruitcake
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