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Mostly fruit and nuts, these sweet and chewy clusters make excellent gifts, freeze well, can be shipped easily, and most importantly, live up to their name. —Lillian Charves, New Bern, North Carolina
Soooo Good! Just made these and just ate 4.....missed my mothers fruit cake,she is 94 and has dementia, I used fruit cake, fruit and peel mix... making these for Christmas with egg nog ice cream...very easy to make..next time I will triple the recipe. Happy Holidays.
Thank you forthis recipe. Have done it for many years, lost the recipe..couldnt remember the quantity of ingredients...sooo glad I found it here. Will be making a couple of batches as of tomorrow!...Are you getting 36 cookies? I use a generous teaspoon instead of tablespoon and only got 26 cookies! Inalso reduced the raisins to 1.5 C and drain them of juice b4 adding to mixture..These are delicious., sooo glad I found it again????????
My husband loves fruitcake so I thought Id give these a try. They are delicious. No substitutions or changes, the recipe is wonderful just the way it is. Thanks so much for sharing, these will be an addition to the cookie list every year.
Excellent - we love these!
This is the recipe my Mom always used. I grind my fruit in a meat grinder because my family doesnt like big pieces. They are delicious Use raisins, cherries, chopped dates, and pineapple.
Delicious. They tasted just like fruitcake. I also used the fruitcake mix from the store. It included citron which added the taste I associate with fruitcake. I will definitely make these again.
Great!! Used candied cherry and pineapple mix and Apple juice,
Excellent! I didnt have raisins so I substituted Craisins instead. I also used the Fruit cake mix that our grocery store had and they turned out wonderful! So much so, I went back to the grocery store to purchase more Fruit cake Mix.
Very good recipe! I also used dried fruits instead of candied ones. The dried pineapple, cherries and dried apricots. Maybe will add some citrus next time. I Used only apple juicefor the mix. Baking time is the key. 12 minutes is enough or they dry out too much! I placed mine in the cupcake liners both mini and regular--works great.
I used to make these many years ago. I substituted 1 1/2 cups of candied fruit peels for the candied red and green cherries and added this to the 2 c raisins and let these soak overnight in 1/2 cup of Brandy instead of bourbon, turning the container over once or twice to be sure the brandy flavored the entire contents of the container. I also used chopped pecans (walnuts are also good....have used them in the past). These are my Hubbys favorite Christmas cookie and I found out today, one of our friends flipped over them when he tasted them. Delicious!
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| Title: | Better-Than-Fruitcake Cookies |
| Descrition: | Mostly fruit and nuts, these sweet and chewy clusters make excellent gifts, freeze well, can be shipped easily, and most importantly, live up to their name. —Lillian Charves, New Bern, North Carolina |
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Better-Than-Fruitcake Cookies
Mostly fruit and nuts, these sweet and chewy clusters make excellent gifts, freeze well, can be shipped easily, and most importantly, live up to their name. —Lillian Charves, New Bern, North Carolina
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