Holiday Fruit Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup soft shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour milk
3 1/2 cups sifted all-purposed flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups halved candied cherries
2 cups dates, cut up in small pieces

Preparation

Combine the shortening. brown sugar and eggs, mixing well.
Add the sour milk.
Sift the flour, soda and salt together and stir into the shortening mixture.
Mix in the pecans, cherries, and dates.
Drop the dough by teaspoonsful two inches apart on greased cookie sheets.
Bake in heated oven set at 350 for 15 minutes or until done.
Makes 7 dozen.