Holiday fruit drops

Holiday fruit drops

Ingredients/Components

• eggs - 2 item
• salt - 1 tsp
• buttermilk - 1/2 c
• baking soda - 1 tsp
• shortening - 1 c
• all-purpose flour
• light brown sugar, packed - 2 c
• broken pecans
• cut up dates - 2 c
• candied red cherries, halved - 2 c

How to make holiday fruit drops:

Cream Crisco and sugar; add eggs, mixing well. Stir in buttermilk. Blend all dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture. Stir in pecans, cherries and dates. Chill at least one hour. Heat oven to 400°. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough about 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes until almost no imprint remains when touched lightly. Makes about 8 dozen cookies.

Recipe categories: Desserts, Cookie and brownie, Pitted fruits.