Why wait for the holidays to make a chewy, fruit- and nut-packed homemade cookie? They're delicious.
Christmas Fruit Drop Cookies
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 2 hr 40 min
- Servings 96
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 3 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups candied cherries, cut in half
- 2 cups chopped dates
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
- Pecan halves, if desired
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, beat brown sugar, shortening, buttermilk and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until blended, or mix with spoon. Gradually stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in cherries, dates and chopped pecans. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour.
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Step2Heat oven to 375°F. Grease cookie sheet. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet. Place a pecan half on each cookie.
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Step3Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched lightly. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Nutrition
85
Calories
4g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
12g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 85
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 5mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 45mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 12g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 0%
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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