Title: Christmas Cake Cookies
Categories: Cookie Holiday
Yield: 12 Dozen

2 1/2	c	Flour
1	ts	Baking soda
1	ts	Salt
1	ts	Cinnamon
1	c	Butter
1 1/2	c	Sugar
2		Eggs
2	lb	Dates; pitted, cut in chunks
1/2	lb	Candied cherries; quartered
1/2	lb	Candied pineapple; thinly slivered
1/2	lb	Almonds; blanched, coarsely chopped & toasted golden
1/2	lb	Brazil nuts; chopped

Cream butter. Add sugar gradually and beat until smooth. Blend eggs in thoroughly. Add dry ingredients and all the fruit and nuts. Drop batter from teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake at 400ø for 10 minutes. Don't overbake as cookies should be soft in texture. These are delicious little cookies which keep well.

Yields 150 to 170 cookies.

from Jo Ann Richardson

from "Sunset Cook Book of Favorite Recipes", 1949, edited by Emily Chase

typed and posted by teri Chesser 10/96

From: Teri Chesser Date: 10-09-96 (22:37) The Computer Workshop (40) Cooking

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