Light Fruit Cookies

Name: Light Fruit Cookies
Cook time: 10 h
Total time: 10 h
Yield: 40 servings
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Butter (softened); 1/2 cup Shortening; 1/2 cup Brown Sugar; 1/2 cup White Sugar; 1 Egg; 1 cup All Purpose Unbleached Flour; 1/2 tsp Baking Soda; 1/2 teaspoon Salt; 1 cup Coconut (Sweetened); 1/2 cup Dates (Chopped); 1/4 cup Green Cherries (Candied, diced); 1/4 cup Red Cherries (Candied, diced); 1 tsp Vanilla; 2 cups Oats

goldyfalk

Cook 10 hrs10h

Serves 40

Yummy oatmeal cookies look festive with candied green and red cherries! Perfect for the holidays. This recipe was used every Christmas by my mother and is now a family favorite!

↬ Adapted from Robin Hood Prize Winning Recipes

Ingredients

½ cup Butter (softened)
½ cup Shortening
½ cup Brown Sugar
½ cup White Sugar
1 Egg
1 cup All Purpose Unbleached Flour
½ tsp Baking Soda
½ teaspoon Salt
1 cup Coconut (Sweetened)
½ cup Dates (Chopped)
¼ cup Green Cherries (Candied, diced)
¼ cup Red Cherries (Candied, diced)
1 tsp Vanilla
2 cups Oats

Instructions

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1
Preheat Oven to 325 F
2
Grease baking sheets or cover with parchment paper.
3
Cream butter, sugars, add vanilla, egg and blend well. Mix dry ingredients and add fruits and oats. Drop by teaspoon.
4
Bake . Sometimes extra flour is needed but its worth your while to bake a sample cookie to see if they spread.

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