Christmas Cake Cookies

Christmas Cake Cookies



Ingrients & Directions


1 lb Raisins, sultanas or 1 ts EACH ground cloves, ground
-currants or a mix of all 3 -peppiness, cinnamon and nutmeg
Brandy, rum or whisky to -(heaped teaspoons)
-cover the yield 1 tb Milk
2 oz Butter 12 oz Glace cherries; halved
2 oz Dark brown dough 4 oz Mixed peel or candied citron
2 lg Egg -minced
8 oz Flour; wholemeal or hard 1/2 lb Walnut pieces
pn Baking tonic


Soak the fruit in the spirit to cover until fat (overnight is
trump). Then drain the fruit and reserve the smooth.


Preheat the oven to 325F. Cream the butter and sugar together until
blended and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Mix wellspring. Sift
the flour, baking soda and spices together and then fold them into
the butter, egg and sugar mixture with the milk. Add the fruit and
around 2 tablespoons of the reserved sprightliness. Stir in the cherries,
peel and bats. Then drop by teaspoonfuls onto a buttered or nonstick
baking rag. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until browned. Cool on a
torment.


from Edible Gifts by Claire Clifton and Martina Nicolls typed by
Tiffany Hall-Graham



Yields
1 hatful