Holiday Fruit Cookies

"A man is better pleased when he has a good dinner, than when his wife talks Greek."

- Dr. Samuel Johnson, from the General Foods Kitchens Cookbook, 1959.

 

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Holiday Fruit Cookies

 

Submitted by:

Stacey D-J

Servings:

7 dozen cookies

Preparation time:

 

Ingredients:

Cookies:

1 cup soft shortening

2 cups packed brown sugar

2 eggs

½ cup sour milk

3 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 ½ cups broken pecans

2 cups halved candied cherries

2 cups cut-up dates

Directions:

Mix shortening, brown sugar, and eggs. Add sour milk. Sift flour, soda, and salt; stir into shortening mixture. Mis in pecans, cherries, and dates. Chill. Heat oven to 400; drop with teaspoon 2 inches apart on greased baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes. Watch closely, remove from oven when centers are set but cookies still look slightly underdone.

Notes:

This is a recipe from the 1950s – very simple and wonderful; moist and rich (and not at all like "traditional" fruitcake. I received this one from Vera Hitpas.