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Chocolate Chunk Cookies: Heat
Cream shortening and sugar well.
Add 1 egg at a time; beat well.
Dissolve soda in 3 tablespoons milk; add to creamed mixture.
Add flour and juice to cream mixture, blending well. Mix 1 cup flour well with raisins and nuts.
Pour batter over floured nuts and raisins; mix well.
Drop by teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 12 to 15 minutes, or until brown.
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Makes 22-23 cups cookie mix
Combine flour, salt and soda.
Cream shortening; add sugar and eggs, beating until fluffy.
Add buttermilk alternately with flour mixture.
Add nuts, fruit and raisins.
Chill dough for several hours, then drop by teaspoons about 2 inches apart on lightly greased cookie sheets.
Top each cookie with a cherry half.
Bake at 375\u00b0 (preheated) for 8 to 10 minutes.
Yields 6 to 8 dozen.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
Add fruitcake mix, coconut, raisins and nuts; mix well.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs and extract; mix well. Stir in the flour mixture alternately with orange juice.
owder and salt.
Add fruitcake mix, coconut, raisins, and nuts
owder and salt.
Add fruitcake mix, coconut, raisins and pecans
Chop chocolate into small pieces. In saucepan over very low heat, melt chocolate, cream, and butter until blended and smooth.
Stir in liqueur and fruitcake crumbs; chill for 2 hours or until firm.
Shape into 1 inch balls and chill at least 20 minutes. Before serving, roll in icing sugar or coca powder and chill for 20 minutes.
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For the fruitcake; butter two (8 x 4
ntil well blended.
Add cookie mix and flour; stir until
ugar, and place on the cookie sheet about 3 inches apart
uffin cups.
Divide the cookie dough into 24 equal parts
in another bowl break cookie dough into small pieces and
or 50 seconds.
Add cookie crumbs to melted butter. Stir
Roll out cookie dough and cut out six 5-inch rounds. Bake according to package directions. Let cool.
Add cream cheese and butter to a stand mixer and whip until combined.
Add vanilla and confectioners' sugar, then mix for about 3-4 minutes or until fluffy.
Spread each cookie round with the cream cheese frosting, then stack the layers with fruit, using a different fruit for each layer. Assemble this cake the day you plan to serve it, as the cookie layers will become very soft if layered with frosting and fruit too early.
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Make Cookie dough. Whisk flour, salt, baking
Whisk the eggs and milk together in a large bowl, then stir in the melted butter and the cookie mix in a jar. Stir well to make a soft dough. Cover and leave to rest for 30 mins.
Preheat the oven to 375\u00b0F. Divide and roughly shape the mixture into 14 circles, well-spaced on a large greased baking sheet. Bake for 14-16 mins until just golden. Leave on the baking sheet for 5 mins then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the crust:
Mix cookie crumbs with melted butter; press