Holiday Fruit Drops
Created by dienia b on May 5, 2016
- Servings: 24
- Prep Time: 1d
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #23693
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 cups brown sugar (packed)
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup milk (soured milk, buttermilk or water)
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped
- 12 ounces glace cherries (halved,chopped, it called for 2 cups)
- 12 ounces pitted dates (chopped, it called for 2 cups)
How to Make
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Step 1: Mix shortening, sugar and eggs well. Stir in soured milk.
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Step 2: Sift dry ingredients and stir in. Stir in pecans, cherries and dates. Chill at least one hour.
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Step 3: Heat oven to 400 degrees.
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Step 4: Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough about 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet.
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Step 5: Place a pecan half on each cookie.
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Step 6: Bake 8 to 10 minutes.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (89.4 g)
- Calories 314.6
- Total Fat - 14.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.4 g
- Cholesterol - 17.9 mg
- Sodium - 162.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 44.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.3 g
- Sugars - 28.2 g
- Protein - 3.5 g
- Calcium - 25.4 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 6.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg