Lora's Fruitcake Cookies
Author/Submitted by: Servings: 4 Categories:
Cakes
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Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients: 1/2
cup
shortening 1
cup
brown sugar 1
egg 1 3/4
cups
sifted flour 1/2
teaspoon
salt 1/2
teaspoon
soda 1/4
cup
sour milk 3/4
cup
broken pecans 1
cup
cherries,
cut in half (marasch
1
cup
chopped dates
Directions:
Cream shortening and sugars well. Add well beaten egg. Sift flour, salt
and soda together and add alternately with milk. Add pecans, cherries and
dates. Remove several pieces of pecans to place on top of each cookie as
it is dropped by teaspoon onto cookie sheet.
Bake until light brown in 350 degree oven. Cookies store well and retain
moisture better if slice of apple is placed in container with cookies.
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