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Grandma's Fruitcake Cookies

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PREP TIME
40 min
COOKING TIME
20 min
TOTAL TIME
60 min
SERVINGS
144 servings
Dessert
Grandma's Fruitcake Cookies
Ingredients
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons vanilla-flavored cream sherry
  • 7 cups chopped mixed nuts
  • 1 pound candied pineapple, coarsely chopped
  • 1 pound red and green candied cherries, chopped
  • 2 cups pitted chopped dates
  • 2 cups chopped raisins
Instructions
1
Preheat your oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit, or 150 degrees Celsius.
2
Secondly, lubricate multiple baking sheets with a generous amount of cooking spray to prevent sticking.
3
Thirdly, combine the flour, cinnamon, and baking soda in a large mixing container; set it aside for later use.
4
Fourthly, utilize an electric mixer to blend butter and sugar in a separate large mixing bowl until they form a smooth, fluffy mixture, taking around 5 minutes to accomplish.
5
Fifthly, incorporate eggs one at a time into the butter mixture, ensuring each egg is fully incorporated before adding the next.
6
Sixthly, gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in batches, alternating with 2 tablespoons of milk every time. After each addition, briefly mix the batter until it reaches a soft consistency.
7
Seventhly, blend in sherry and then stir in nuts, pineapple, cherries, dates, and raisins until they are fully incorporated into the dough.
8
Eighthly, drop spoonfuls of the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between each cookie.
9
Ninthly, bake the cookies in the preheated oven until they are set and the bottoms are lightly browned, taking around 20 to 30 minutes.
10
Tenthly, allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for a short while before transferring them to a wire rack to continue cooling completely.