1/2 c Shortening 1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 c Cream cheese, softened 1/2 ts Salt
1 c Light brown sugar,* 1 tb Vanilla
1/2 c Granulated sugar 2 c Candied fruit, mixed
2 Eggs 2 c Broken pecans or almonds
3 c Flour
* firmly packed
The cream cheese gives these cookies a smooth texture, while the fruits
sparkle and sweeten the flavor. Nice for using the candied fruits that
didn’t make it into the fruit cake.
Preheat oven to 350?.
In a large bowl, cream shortening and cream cheese until smooth and
fluffy. Add sugars and eggs, mixing well. In a seperate bowl, sift flour,
baking soda and salt together.
Add flour mixture to egg and sugar mixture; add vanilla. Mix well. Add
candied fruit and nuts.
Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto lightly oiled cookie sheet and bake at 350?
for about 10-12 minutes. The cookies will be just browned at the edges.
Hint: You may have to mix candied fruit and nuts in with your hands; a
little shortening on your fingers will keep the mixture from sticking.
Yield: 3 dozen. Irene Holloway, Chevy Chase, MD
Randy Shearer
Yields
1 servings