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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Moderate

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1/2 c Shortening
1/2 c Brown sugar; firmly packed
2 ea Eggs
1/2 ts Vanilla
1/2 ts Soda
1 1/2 tb Buttermilk
1 c Flour
1/4 ts Allspice
1/4 ts Nutmeg
1/4 ts Cinnamon
1/4 c Bourbon
1/2 lb White raisins
1/2 lb Candied cherries
1/2 lb Candied pineapple
1/2 c Flour
1 1/2 c Pecans; chopped

Cream shortening and sugar; beat in eggs and add vanilla. Dissolve
soda in buttermilk. Combine 1 c. flour and spices; add to creamed
mixture alternately with buttermilk and bourbon. Beat well after each
addition.
Coat fruit with 1/2 c. flour; stir fruit and nuts into batter. Drop
by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets and bake at 350 deg. for
10-15 min. Makes 6 doz. cookies.
From Southern Living - Dec. 1976