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Alee
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Alee
Worland Wy
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Posted - Dec 09 2009 :  07:58:53 AM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
Anyone have a really excellent recipe for fruitcake cookies?

Alee
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Tina
Watkinsville GA
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Posted - Dec 09 2009 :  1:43:45 PM  Show Profile
Alee,
I have a great recipe, it was my Moms. I will look for it and post it.

Tina
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl

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Mary Beth
Stanwood Wa 98292
USA
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Posted - Dec 09 2009 :  3:55:21 PM  Show Profile
Do you mean just cookies with the fruit stuff in them? I make some darn good ones.
Just make the recipe for choc chip cookies and instead of putting in chips put in the fruitcake fruit. A nice sized tub of fruit and some cherries too. Excellent!! MB

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Tina
Watkinsville GA
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Posted - Dec 09 2009 :  7:48:43 PM  Show Profile
Alee,
Here it is.
1 cup butter (no substitues) soften
2-1/2 cups all0purpose flour
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups chopped pecans
1 plg chopped dated
8 oz candied cherrys, halved
8 oz candied pineapple, diced
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in Pecans,dates and fruit. Drop by rounded tspfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 325 for 13 to 15 minutes or untill lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. Yeild: 8 dozen

I hope you enjoy them. they are always a hit at our house.

Blessings,
Tina
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Roxy7
True Blue Farmgirl

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Robin
Denver CO
USA
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Posted - Dec 09 2009 :  8:09:17 PM  Show Profile
Tina do these taste like fruitcake? I posted a thread looking for a recipe and so far no bites.
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Alee
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Alee
Worland Wy
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Posted - Dec 09 2009 :  8:50:53 PM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
Thanks! I will try them sans the pineapple. They look really good and I am betting they are close to the recipe a friend's mom used to make. Those were some of the best cookies!

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Tina
Watkinsville GA
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Posted - Dec 10 2009 :  03:54:41 AM  Show Profile
Roxy,
Bite your tounge!!lol I hate fruitcake, and these cookies are the best. Hows the weather there?

Tina
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Roxy7
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Robin
Denver CO
USA
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Posted - Dec 10 2009 :  06:44:25 AM  Show Profile
Its 7 degrees right now. It may get to about 29 today...the warmest we have had all week.
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True Blue Farmgirl

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Tina
Watkinsville GA
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Posted - Dec 10 2009 :  10:47:31 AM  Show Profile
Yikes!! I used to live in Colorado Springs. There is a Air Force bace there. My Dad worked in Cheyenne Mountain. He was one of those guys who had his fingure on the button for you know what. It was one of my favorite places to live. We went from there to Fla. talk about a shock!!lol

Stay warm,
Tina
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Roxy7
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Robin
Denver CO
USA
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Posted - Dec 10 2009 :  10:50:19 AM  Show Profile
I once accidentally drove onto the Cheyenne Mtn property. They dont exactly have signs up that say Top Secret Military Installation posted.....it was a month after 9/11. The machine guns were a little scary.
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ddmashayekhi
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Dawn
Naperville Illinois
USA
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Posted - Dec 10 2009 :  5:33:47 PM  Show Profile
This recipe is a winner for me! Dawn in IL

Ingredients
* 1/2 pound dried figs
* 1/4 pound raisins
* 2 ounces candied cherries, coarsely chopped
* 2 ounces dried apricots, coarsely chopped
* 1 tablespoon honey
* 2 tablespoons dry sherry
* 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
* 6 ounces chopped pecans
* Kosher salt
* 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
* 1/2 cup superfine sugar
* 1/3 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
* 1 extra-large egg
* 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour

Directions
Snip off the hard stems of the figs with scissors or a small knife and coarsely chop the figs. In a medium bowl, combine the figs, raisins, cherries, apricots, honey, sherry, lemon juice, pecans, and a pinch of salt. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to sit overnight at room temperature.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter, cloves, superfine sugar, and brown sugar on medium speed until smooth, about 3 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, add the egg and mix until incorporated. With the mixer still on low, slowly add the flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt just until combined. Don't overmix! Add the fruits and nuts, including any liquid in the bowl. Divide the dough in half and place each half on the long edge of a 12 by 18-inch piece of parchment or waxed paper. Roll each half into a log, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4-inch thick, making an 18-inch-long roll. Refrigerate the dough for several hours, or until firm.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

With a small, sharp knife, cut the logs into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Place the slices 1/2-inch apart on ungreased sheet pans and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until lightly golden.
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Tina
Watkinsville GA
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Posted - Dec 19 2009 :  11:13:41 AM  Show Profile
Just wanted to bumb this for Kerrieann. I hope you enjoy them.
Tina
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Karrieann
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Karrieann
Northeast Georgia
USA
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Posted - Dec 19 2009 :  11:19:04 AM  Show Profile
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Tina!

:o)

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