Fruitcake Drops
"This is from Company's Coming Cookie Cookbook. For some reason I don't like Fruitcake but I like these cookies."
photo by tasb
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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5 dozen
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup golden raisin
- 1⁄2 cup currants or 1/2 cup raisins
- 2 cups mixed candied fruit, cut
- 1 cup pecans or 1 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons brandy flavoring
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
directions
- Measure golden raisins, currants, candied fruit, pecans and 1/2 cup flour into bowl. Stir well to coat. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar together. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Add vanilla and brandy flavoring.
- Stir 1 cup flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg together and add.
- Mix in fruit. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased baking sheet.
- Bake in 325 F oven for 15-20 minutes.
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Reviews
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Quite a nice cookie. Especially for those like me, who are the only ones in the house that like fruitcake. People simply don't know what they are missing. :) I thinking I might reduce the candied fruit to one cup next time to get more 'batter'. Thanks for a great recipe. Better get these into the freezer *grin*...fast! -
My husband is not a fruitcake fan, but he's raving about these cookies. We made a couple modifications that were significant enough that I debated whether to rate this recipe, but because we liked it so much, I decided to go ahead. I couldn't find brandy flavoring anywhere within 50 miles, so I used orange juice instead. Also, I accidentally threw in four eggs instead of two. Oops! However, we think the two extra eggs give the cookies a really nice cakey texture that works very well with the abundance of fruit and nuts. These cookies were fantastic and not too sweet. However, I'm sure the brandy flavoring makes a big difference in taste, so I'll review these again once I'm able to get hold of some.
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My husband is not a fruitcake fan, but he's raving about these cookies. We made a couple modifications that were significant enough that I debated whether to rate this recipe, but because we liked it so much, I decided to go ahead. I couldn't find brandy flavoring anywhere within 50 miles, so I used orange juice instead. Also, I accidentally threw in four eggs instead of two. Oops! However, we think the two extra eggs give the cookies a really nice cakey texture that works very well with the abundance of fruit and nuts. These cookies were fantastic and not too sweet. However, I'm sure the brandy flavoring makes a big difference in taste, so I'll review these again once I'm able to get hold of some.
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My passion is cooking, I have been baking and cooking since I was young. With 2 working parents it was essential.
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<br>I am trained as a Professional Cook, even have a cooking certificate, lol. The best education I ever got was going to cooking school.
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<br>I spent 3 years cooking in a gas station restaurant and all was well working there, but my heart still wanted to cook for kids. October 2008 I finally got the job I wanted. I been cooking for the kids for just over a year now and I love every day of it. The kids are great, some frustration, but it is all good, they are so smiley everyday, how could you not like work when you have a bunch of smiling faces looking at you.
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<br>Another good thing about my job is I get the summers off. I had a pretty good summer, I got to tend to my garden and get a bunch of stuff into the freezers, I was given a second freezer this summer. I have been planning on eating mainly out of the freezers so we can save some extra cash for Christmas.
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<br>I have plans on finding some nutrition courses that I can do online, just for dabbling in, it would sure help with cooking for the kids.
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<br>I live with my hubby and 3 kids (11,6,5), and one cat, who is part in-door, out-door.
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<br>I really want to get back into losing weight this school year, it has been 1 1/2 years since I lost about 15 pounds, I have maintained that loss though. I would still like to lose another 10 pounds.
