Jeweled Cookies

Name: Jeweled Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 12-14 dozen.
Ingredients: 1 pound butter, softened; 2-1/2 cups sugar; 3 Nellie’s Free Range Eggs; 5 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1-1/2 cups raisins; 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts; 1/2 cup each chopped red and green candied cherries; 1/2 cup chopped candied pineapple

Candied fruits give a stained-glass look to these cookies that taste like shortbread. —Ruth Ann Stelfox, Raymond, Alberta

Ingredients

1 pound butter, softened
2-1/2 cups sugar
3 Nellie’s Free Range Eggs
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1-1/2 cups raisins
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1/2 cup each chopped red and green candied cherries
1/2 cup chopped candied pineapple

Directions

In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Combine flour and baking soda; add to creamed mixture. Stir in raisins, nuts, cherries and pineapple; mix well. Shape into 2-in. rolls; wrap in waxed paper or foil. Freeze at least 2 hours.
Cut into 1/4-in. slices; place on greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts

2 each: 136 calories, 6g fat (3g saturated fat), 23mg cholesterol, 75mg sodium, 19g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.

Originally published as Jeweled Cookies in Taste of Home December/January 1996

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hughesbambi

Dec 20, 2017

Very festive. I soaked the raisins in Armaretto which I always do when using raisins. Next time I will probably use almond extract as well.

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