Fruitcake Cookies

These irresistible Fruitcake Cookies will blow your mind with incredible flavor & soft texture. The perfect Christmas cookie recipe for exchanges & parties

Course Dessert

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 16

Total Time 26

Servings cookies

Calories 86kcal

Author Tiffany Bendayan

Ingredients

1 cup All Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter chilled and cut into cubes
1 teaspoon orange zest
1 tablespoon orange juice
1/4 cup glazed cherries chopped
1/4 cup chopped dried fruit apricot, cranberries, figs
3 tablespoons chopped nuts use pecans/walnuts/almonds

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper
Chop the nuts and fried fruits
Add all the dry ingredients in the food processor few pulses. Add the butter and give the food processor several pulses till it turns into a crumbly mixture. Add nuts, dried fruits and glace cherries and tablespoon of orange juice and give one final pulse
Transfer to a floured surface and knead and shape into a log, cling wrap, and chill for an hour
Cut it into 1/4 inch discs and arrange on the cookie sheets
Bake for 14-16 minutes till the cookies are baked through and turns golden brown on the edges
Let the cookies cool down completely on a baking rack
Store leftovers in airtight container for 4-5days

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