Fruit Cake Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. butter
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. jelly
2 eggs
2 tsp. soda
1 1/2 Tbsp. milk
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 lb. broken pecans
1 lb. seedless raisins
1/2 lb. candied cherries
1/2 lb. candied pineapple
1/2 lb. dates

Preparation

Cream butter, sugar, jelly and eggs.
Dissolve soda in milk and add to creamed mixture.
Gradually add half the flour, sifted with spices.
Dredge nuts and fruits with remaining flour and stir into batter.
Mix well.
Drop from spoon onto buttered and floured cookie sheet.
Decorate tops with sliced candied cherries, if desired.
Bake at 300\u00b0 for 20 minutes.
These cookies ripen just as fruitcake does.
Makes 10 dozen.