Best Never Fail Fruit Cake Bars Or Cookies Recipes

NEVER FAIL FRUIT CAKE

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'Tis the season for fruitcake! This one is more candy than cake and oh so delicious. Keep it in the refrigerator indefinitely. Really.

Provided by Cathy Brisco

Categories Desserts Cakes Holiday Cake Recipes

Time 1h50m

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 pound candied cherries
1 pound candied pineapple
1 pound pitted dates
1 pound chopped pecans
4 (8 ounce) packages flaked coconut
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 (14 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk

Steps:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Lightly grease a 10 inch tube pan. Line bottom of pan with greased parchment paper. Set aside.
Chop fruit and nuts in a large mixing bowl. Add coconut and mix well with hands. Stir in flour, then sweetened condensed milk. Blend well.
Pack firmly in prepared tube pan. Bake for 1 1/2 hours. Remove from oven. Run knife around edge of cake and remove rim of pan. When barely warm, remove tube bottom and paper from cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 451 calories, Carbohydrate 64.3 g, Cholesterol 8.9 mg, Fat 21.7 g, Fiber 5.7 g, Protein 4.8 g, SaturatedFat 10.3 g, Sodium 139.3 mg, Sugar 53.5 g

FRUITCAKE BARS

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"This recipe has been a family favorite for years," tells Terry Mercede of Danbury, Connecticut. "People who declare they won't eat fruitcake love these bars! They're so easy to make...and they're colorful, too - chock-full of candied pineapple and red and green cherries."

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 1h

Yield 8 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1-3/4 cups packed brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 cups coarsely chopped walnuts
1-1/2 cups coarsely chopped candied pineapple
1-3/4 cups red and green candied cherries, halved
2 cups pitted dates, halved

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Stir in vanilla. Add flour and walnuts; mix well. Spread evenly into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with pineapple, cherries and dates; press lightly into dough. , Bake at 325° for 45-50 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 87 calories, Fat 4g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 10mg cholesterol, Sodium 21mg sodium, Carbohydrate 13g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.

NEVER FAIL FRUIT CAKE, BARS OR COOKIES

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This is such an easy recipe - well you can never go wrong with Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk. You will like this recipe because of it's versatility and of course the flavor!

Provided by Pat Duran

Categories Fruit Desserts

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

FRUITCAKE:
2 1/2 c all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 large eggs
27 oz jar none such ready to use mincemeat
14 oz can eagle brand sweetened condensed milk
2 c mixed candied fruit
1 c coarsely chopped nuts

Steps:

1. Fruitcake: Heat oven to 300^. Coat a 10 cup fluted baking pan with non stick cooking spray.
2. Stir together flour and baking soda. Combine eggs, mincemeat, condensed milk, candied fruit and nuts in a large bowl. Blend in dry ingredients. Pour into prepared pan.
3. Bake about 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Garnish as desired. Do not over bake.
4. Fruitcake Bars: Coat a 15x10-inch jelly roll pan with nonstick cooking spray. Spread batter evenly in pan. Bake 15-20 minutes. Cool. Glaze, if desired. Makes about 4 dozen bars. --- Fruitcake Cookies: Coat baking sheets with non stick cooking spray. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets. Bake 12 to 15 minutes, Makes about 5 1/2 dozen cookies.