Fruitcake Bar Cookies
Recipe: #3166
November 27, 2011
"Like mini-fruitcakes. Prep time includes cooling and frosting."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (564.9 g)
- Calories 1739.1
- Total Fat - 69 g
- Saturated Fat - 13.5 g
- Cholesterol - 221.6 mg
- Sodium - 1943.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 239.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.5 g
- Sugars - 159.7 g
- Protein - 44.8 g
- Calcium - 263.8 mg
- Iron - 7.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 15.3 mg
- Thiamin - 1.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease and flour a 13x9x2-inch pan. (Or spray with nonfat cooking spray).
Step 2
In a small bowl, blend flour, salt, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Step 3
In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, and eggs at medium speed until light and fluffy. Mix in rum or brandy extract.
Step 4
Stir in flour mixture, dates, candied fruits, 1/2 cup cherries and nuts.
Step 5
Spread in prepared pan and bake 30 minutes until golden. Cool on wire rack, in pan.
Step 6
In the meantime, prepare the frosting by mixing together sugar and milk. Stir until smooth; then cover with a damp cloth until ready to use.
Step 7
When cake has cooled, frost, using a spatula. Cut into 2 x 1-inch bars and decorate with red and green candied cherries. Store in a covered container, with pieces of wax paper between layers.
Tips
No special items needed.