Dried fruit and nut cookies

I wouldn’t have believed a Christmas cookie recipe could nearly break my website, but this one did. Melt-in-your-mouth shortbread gets a holiday twist for a beautiful presentation and even better taste and texture. Make a double batch (to gift to your closest friends)! You can substitute other dried fruits if you prefer like apricots, cranberries, or raisins. Notes: Butter is unsalted. FRUIT & NUT SHORTBREADIngredients: 8 tbsp. softened butter, 6 tbsp. powdered sugar, half of the seeds from…

It's that time of year again . . .time to start baking for Christmas. One of the cookies we make each year are basically a fruitcake in a cookie form. The original recipe from my great-great grandmother called them Lizzies. My grandmother nick named them Dizzy Lizzies. Now they are referred to as Boozie Fruit Cookies. And they are best made by my dad. So realistically, we call them Dad's Boozie Fruit Cookies. It starts with soaking the dried fruit and nuts in bourbon, but you can use rum or…

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10 posts published by Vanesther during November 2013

These Decadent Chewy Fruitcake Cookies are a delightful twist on the traditional fruitcake, blending the rich flavors of butter, sugars, and spices with chewy candied fruit, nuts, and raisins. Perfect for holiday gatherings, these cookies are sure to become a new favorite!

Hermit cookies are a wonderfully old fashioned cookie and this easy hermit cookie recipe is spiced just right and packed with dried fruit and nuts. They're so soft! Truly the best ever.

A twist on the classic holiday dessert – These fruitcake shortbread cookies are sure to delight! Using real butter gives the cookie its crumbly, buttery texture. The dried fruit and nuts add just the right amount of fun! Tip: cream softened butter and sugar well for the best shortbread.

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If you love fruitcake, you will love Chewy Fruitcake cookies. They are a more portable and convenient version of traditional fruitcake. They are also softer and chewier, and they have a higher ratio of fruit and nuts to cake.

{Raincoast Crisps Copycat} Homemade fruit and nut crisps -- perfectly chewy, crunchy and easy to make from scratch with dried fruit, nuts and seeds.