Thursday, January 10, 2008

Fruit Cake Cookies

  1. 5 eggs
  2. 1 cup sugar
  3. 1 cup butter or 2 sticks margarine
  4. 2 1/2 cups plain flower
  5. 1/2 Tsp cloves
  6. 1/2 Tsp cinnamon
  7. 1/2 Tsp salt
  8. 1/4 cup wine or fruit juice
  9. 1 lb. candied cherries (red and green)
  10. 1 lb. candied pinapple
  11. 2 cups pecans
Cream together butter, sugar, 1 cup flower, salt, cinnamon and cloves, wine and eggs. Blend together well. Cut up fruit and pecans, mix in and add the other flour. Mix well. Drop in balls and press out on greased cookie sheet.Bake at 300 for 25 minutes, they will burn easily. These do good to leave batter in refrigerator overnight and bake later.

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