FRUITCAKE COOKIES (CHRISTMAS LIZZIES)
Fruitcake Cookies, also known as Christmas Lizzies, are little fruitcake-like cookies that blend candied fruit and Louisiana Pecans with a touch of Brandy and held together with a little spiced batter. These fruitcake cookies are so flavorful, you won't believe how simple they are to make. If you only make one kind of cookie for the holidays, Grammie's Fruitcake Cookies are the one!
Provided by Sweet Daddy D
Categories Dessert
Time 5h15m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Set the butter or margarine out to soften.
- Slice the candied cherries in half and dice the candied pineapple. Place these along with the glazed fruit mix, which should already be diced, in a bowl.
- Soak the raisins in the cherry brandy until plump, at least an hour or up to overnight.
- Add the cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and baking soda to the flour and sift.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and prepare cookie sheets by lining with parchment paper.
- Set a stand mixer to medium speed.
- Place the softened butter in the mixing bowl and cream until fluffy.
- Once the butter is fluffy, gradually add the brown sugar until completely blended.
- Add the eggs one at a time, completely blending each egg before adding the next.
- When the eggs are completely blended, add the sifted flour and spices slowly to the butter, eggs and sugar mix. Completely blend each addition before adding the next.
- Turn off the mixer, clean off the blade. The next steps will be mixed by hand.
- Combine the soaked raisins, pecans and cut candied fruit in a bowl and mix together completely.
- In batches, add some of the raisin, nut and fruit mixture to the batter and mix with a spatula by hand until all the ingredients are completely blended before adding more.
- Continue until all the fruit and nut mixture is thoroughly combined with the batter.
- Using a kitchen teaspoon, drop the cookie batter onto the cookie sheets, keeping each cookie about 1 inch apart. The cookies should be approximately 1 inch in diameter.
- Bake in a moderate oven (325 degrees) for 10 to 15 minutes, until browned on top.
- Remove the baking sheets from the oven and cool the cookies for five minutes on the cookie sheets, then transfer the cookies to a cooling rack and allow to completely cool for at least 3 hours. Don't rush the cooling rack time of the cookie bottoms will be soggy and the cookies will be sticky.
- Enjoy immediately or store in an airtight container.
- Makes about 10 dozen cookies.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 70 kcal, Carbohydrate 10 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 3 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Cholesterol 4 mg, Sodium 20 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 5 g, ServingSize 1 serving
MY GRANDMA'S FRUITCAKE COOKIES
My grandmother called them Merry Christmas Cookies. This recipe is her own take on fruitcake cookies.
Provided by minky410
Categories Desserts Cookies Drop Cookie Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield 144
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease several baking sheets. Sift together the flour, cinnamon, and baking soda in a bowl; set aside.
- Beat together the butter and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Gradually beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture, alternating each addition with about 2 tablespoons of milk until all the milk is incorporated and the dough is soft. Beat in the sherry, and mix in the nuts, raisins, dates, pineapple, and cherries until thoroughly mixed. Drop the dough by rounded teaspoons onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are set and the bottoms are very lightly browned, 20 to 30 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 99.6 calories, Carbohydrate 12.4 g, Cholesterol 7.3 mg, Fat 5.3 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 1.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, Sodium 20.9 mg, Sugar 8.1 g
MOM'S CHRISTMAS FRUITCAKE COOKIES
A holiday tradition at our house for over 60 years, these cookies are full of candied fruit, pecans, and rum-soaked dates. It wouldn't be Christmas without them.
Provided by MartieHomemade
Categories Fruit Cookies
Time 8h50m
Yield 72
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- The day before: chop dates into small pieces and put in a glass bowl. Add rum. Cover with plastic wrap. Let sit for 8 hours, or overnight, to absorb the rum. You can leave this step out if you want but I find it makes the dates more delicious and the cookies have more flavor.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Dice candied cherries and pineapple into small pieces and place in a very large bowl; I use the top of my cake carrier. Add pecans, followed by dates. Add 1 cup flour. Toss well to coat all of the pieces and break them up so they are not sticking together.
- Whisk baking soda into the milk and let it dissolve.
- Mix shortening into the fruit. Add remaining flour, sugar, eggs, orange juice, nutmeg, salt, and milk-baking soda mixture. Mix together with your hands just until you no longer see the flour. Try not to overmix. The batter will be very dense.
- Use a small ice cream scoop or two teaspoons to drop the cookies onto the prepared pans, about 1 inch apart.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on wire cooling racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 183.1 calories, Carbohydrate 26.7 g, Cholesterol 10.4 mg, Fat 8.2 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 2.2 g, SaturatedFat 0.9 g, Sodium 74.7 mg, Sugar 17.9 g
SLICE 'N' BAKE FRUITCAKE COOKIES
A cross between classic fruitcake and buttery cookies, these treats are perfect for Christmas. Each one is chock-full of raisins and candied cherries.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 35m
Yield 5 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in raisins and cherries. , Shape dough into two 2-in.-thick logs; wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm. , Cut logs into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 72 calories, Fat 3g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 11mg cholesterol, Sodium 38mg sodium, Carbohydrate 10g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
FRUITCAKE CHRISTMAS COOKIES
As holiday gifts, these rich fruit-and nut-filled cookies are pretty and practical. These are great make ahead Christmas cookies -the taste actually gets better over time! -Julia Funkhouser, Carson, Iowa
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 40m
Yield about 3-1/2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in remaining ingredients., Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Store in an airtight container. (Cookies are best after a few days.)
Nutrition Facts : Calories 265 calories, Fat 15g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 33mg cholesterol, Sodium 168mg sodium, Carbohydrate 33g carbohydrate (23g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
FRUITCAKE COOKIES MADE EASY
Make and share this Fruitcake Cookies Made Easy recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Zewbiedoo
Categories Dessert
Time 20m
Yield 40 cookies, 40 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Mix well the cake mix, eggs, and oil. Stir in chopped candied fruit and the chopped nuts. Drop with 1" cookie scoop (making walnut-sized balls) onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Makes about 40 cookies (or more).
RICH BRANDY CHRISTMAS FRUITCAKE
A very very rich fruitcake...perfect for Christmas, just remember, the longer it sits in the tin, the tastier it will be.
Provided by Samuel Holden
Categories Dessert
Time 5h20m
Yield 8 inch cake
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- The night before you cook this place all the fruit fruit peel and nuts into a bowl and soak for 12 hours in the brandy and orange juice; Stir every time you go into the kitchen!
- pre-heat oven to 275ºF/140ºC.
- Grease and line with greaseproof paper an 8 inch/20cm round cake tin.
- Sift the flour salt and spices into a large mixing bowl.
- In a separate bowl cream the butter and sugar together until the mixtures fluffy.
- Beat the eggs and add them a little at a time.
- Fold in the flour and spices.
- Stir in the fruit that has been soaking along with any excess liquid.
- Mix in the treacle.
- Spoon into the cake tin and spread out evenly.
- Cover the cake with a double square of greaseproof paper with a small hole in the top.
- Bake the cake on the lower shelf for 4& 1/4- 3/4 hours.
- When the cake is cold wrap in double greaseproof paper and store in an airtight tin.
- Feed the cake every two days for the first 2 weeks with a spoonful of brandy and/or orange juice and/or glacè cherry syrup.
- First poke little holes in the cake with a knitting needle or a skewer.
- Come Christmas you will have a very very rich fruit cake.
- Use royal icing to ice it or almond paste and royal icing, I don't like almond paste!
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