Holiday Fruit Drops
Ingredients
- 1 C packed brown sugar
- 1/2 C shortening
- 1/4 C buttermilk or water
- 1 egg
- 1 3/4 C flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 C candied cherries cut into halves
- 1 C cut-up dates
- 3/4 C broken pecans
- 4 dozen pecan halves
Instructions
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Mix brown sugar, shortening, buttermilk and egg. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in cherries, dates and broken pecans. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
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Heat oven to 400°. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2" apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Press pecan half in each cookie before baking. Bake until almost no indentation remains when touched, 8-10 min. Immediately remove from cookie sheet; cool. About 4 dozen.
Holiday Fruit Drops Recipe