Southern Fruit Cake Cookies are tasty little treats packed full of delicious ingredients. The traditional holiday red and green cherries give these cookies a nice holiday appeal. The blend of spices give an extra punch.
Children enjoy making Fruit Cake Cookies, and the cookie recipe is really pretty simple. Even very young children and help at the end with stirring in the nuts and fruits.
Southern Fruit Cake Cookies
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 1/2 cups plain flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 cup pecans (chopped)
- 1 cup dates (chopped)
- 1 cup candied red and green cherries (chopped)
Directions:
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Then, add egg and mix.
- In a separate (and smaller) bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and soda.
- Alternate pouring the flour mixture and the buttermilk in with the butter/sugar in the large mixing bowl.
- Sprinkled in the cinnamon and nutmeg and mix.
- Use a large spoon to stir in the nuts, dates and cherries. Mix until nuts and fruits are evenly distributed and well coated.
- Grease a cookie sheet with Crisco.
- Drop dough by rounded teaspoons onto cookie sheet.
- It's a good idea to have cookie pans to rotate. Cookies work out better when they are put on a cold pan and then into a hot oven. If they are placed on a hot pan, then they may spread out too much and not be as soft.
- Bake at 325 degrees F in a preheated oven for around 15 minutes. Oven times do vary, so watch the first batch. Cookies should be lightly browned.
Cool and store in an airtight container.
If you're looking for other festive holiday sweets, then check out these recipes as well:
Southern Cranberry Cookies - While you're thinking cookies, consider making some cookies with cranberries. Sounds strange. But, they are very tasty.
Apple Drop Cookies - These moist cookies use real apples with some spices. For those who don't care much for the mixed fruits, these are just the ticket.
Peanut Butter Fudge - Always a hit. This is the best fudge ever. And, it's easy to make. It's a variation of the classic Fantasy Fudge made with chocolate, but this one uses peanut butter chips for the base.
Red Velvet Pound Cake - This is another easier version of a Southern classic - Red Velvet Cake. Instead of making a layer cake with frosting, mix this one up as a Southern pound cake.
No Bake Orange Balls - Yum. These are really easy to make and are bursting with flavor.
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