Holiday Fruit Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. candied cherries
1 lb. candied pineapple
5 (8 oz.) pkg. dates
1 lb. (4 c.) shelled pecans
3 c. flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 eggs, well beaten
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. lemon extract
2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Preparation

Cut fruit in small pieces; leave pecans in halves.
Sift flour, soda and salt together and sift over chopped fruit and pecans.
Cream butter and sugar until light.
Add beaten eggs and mix well. Stir in vanilla, lemon and cinnamon.
Stir in flour-covered fruit.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets and bake at 300\u00b0 for about 25 minutes.
Yields 150 small cookies.