Bettie's Fruitcake Cookies
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Ingredients
¼ | cup |
butter
|
|
½ | cup |
honey
|
|
2 | large |
eggs
|
|
¼ | cup |
dark rum
or pineapple juice |
* |
1 ½ | teaspoons |
baking soda
|
|
2 | tablespoons |
milk
|
|
1 ½ | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
½ | teaspoon |
cloves
ground |
|
½ | teaspoon |
allspice
ground |
* |
½ | teaspoon |
nutmeg
ground |
|
3 | cups |
walnuts
chopped |
|
1 | cup |
candied cherries
chopped |
* |
1 | cup |
golden raisins
|
|
¾ | cup |
candied orange peel
chopped |
* |
½ | cup |
candied pineapple
chopped |
* |
Directions
In a mixing bowl, beat butter until light; continue beating while adding honey in a fine stream.
Beat in eggs and rum.
Dissolve baking soda in milk; add to honey mixture.
Sift together flour, cloves, allspice and nutmeg.
Stir half of the flour mixture into honey mixture.
Toss nuts, cherries, raisins, orange peel and pineapple with remaining flour; fold into dough.
Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Drop dough by rounded teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly brown.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 267g (9.4 oz)Amount per Serving
Calories 113356% of calories from fat
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 70g
108%
Saturated Fat 12g
58%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol 137mg
46%
Sodium 335mg
14%
Total Carbohydrate
37g
37%
Dietary Fiber 9g
38%
Sugars g
Protein
65g
Vitamin A 11%
•
Vitamin C 5%
Calcium 11%
•
Iron 36%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet
How is this calculated?