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Better-Than-Fruitcake Cookies Recipe

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Mostly fruit and nuts, these sweet and chewy clusters make excellent gifts, freeze well, can be shipped easily, and most importantly, live up to their name. —Lillian Charves, New Bern, North Carolina

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Better-Than-Fruitcake Cookies Recipe

Prep:15 min. + standing Bake: 15 min./batch

Yield: 36 Servings

15 15 30

Ingredients

2 cups raisins
1/4 cup bourbon or unsweetened apple juice
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup pecan halves
3/4 cup red candied cherries, halved
3/4 cup green candied cherries, halved

Directions

In a small bowl, combine raisins and bourbon. Cover and let stand for 30 minutes.
In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until blended. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in the pecans, cherries and raisin mixture.
Drop by tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 325° for 12-15 minutes or until firm. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 3 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 93 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 40 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Better-Than-Fruitcake Cookies in Healthy Cooking December/January 2013, p70

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Reviewed on Mar. 15, 2013 by Joscy

Just asking....are these suitable ((with candied cherries??)) for folks with Type I diabetes? I noticed it has 16 grams of carbs (I consider that 1 (one) carb). Thank You!!

Reviewed on Dec. 16, 2012 by dv520

Loved them..yum!

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2012 by SpinningYogini

I dont like fruitcake at all, but my husband really likes it. I made these for a cookie exchange because I knew that he would enjoy the leftovers. As it turns out, these cookies are fantastic! They got rave reviews at the cookie exchange. The recipe name is definitely appropriate.