Aunt Bert's Fruitcake Cookies
4.0
Ingredients
- Prep
- 30 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Total
- 60 min
Instructions
- 1 Gather all ingredients. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
- 2 Place raisins, candied cherries, dates, and candied pineapple in a bowl; stir in 1/2 cup bourbon whiskey; set aside to soak.
- 3 Beat butter and brown sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- 4 Beat one egg at a time into the butter mixture; beat in vanilla extract and cinnamon with last egg.
- 5 Stir pecans and fruit mixture into butter mixture; stir in self-rising flour alternately with remaining bourbon whiskey as needed to form a soft dough.
- 6 Drop tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
- 7 Bake in the preheated oven just until cookies begin to look dry, about 30 minutes.
- 8 Cool cookies on a wire rack; store in a sealed container lined with waxed paper.
By the4taals