Fruit Cake Cookies

Author

Melinda

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Recipe

Measurements	Ingredients
2 Cups	Butter
3 Cups	White Sugar
4	Eggs
5 Cups	Flour
2 Teaspoons	Salt
2 Teaspoons	Soda
2 Teaspoons	Cinnamon
1 to 2 Pounds	Dates (I only put 1 Pound) - Chopped
1/2 Cup	Candied Pineapple (use red or green)
1/2 Cup	Candied Cherries

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Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Beat in eggs.
3. Sift together flour, salt, soda, and cinnamon, and add to the creamed mixture.
4. Add dates, candied pineapple and candied cherries
5. Mix altogether and spoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
6. Bake at 350°F. (Original recipe doesn’t state a time, but fruitcake cookies typically bake for 8-12 minutes. Watch carefully.)

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Note

• 1/2 the recipe for a normal amount”
• “Serves an army”*

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