Festive Fruitcake Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup golden raisin
• 1 1/2 cups chopped candied fruit
• 1/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 combine fruit and nuts in a bowl. sprinkle 2 or 3 teaspoons of flour over the fruit mixture and stir to lightly coat the fruit.
• 2 cream butter and sugar together. add egg, vanilla, and almond extract and mix until light and creamy.
• 3 combine flour, baking soda and salt. add to the creamed mixture and blend well.
• 4 stir in fruit mix. the dough will be very stiff - i found mixing with my handmixer dough hooks easier!
• 5 drop dough by heaping spoonfuls onto parchment covered baking sheets, flattening very slightly with the spoon.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden.