Fruitcake Cookies

You won’t want to give away these fruitcake cookies this Christmas! This easy recipe full of candied fruit is sure to be a hit with your family and friends during the holidays, and has a unique fruity flavor you won’t want to miss. These fruitcake cookies are a game changer. It’s no secret that fruitcake doesn’t have the most forgiving reputation. Throughout the years, it’s been notorious for its dry taste, chewy candied fruits, and somewhat suspicious longevity. However, fruitcake deserves a second chance, and it can find redemption in these cookies, which are sweet and tangy- and much more useful as a dessert than as a doorstopper! Bring them to a cookie exchange to delight any fruitcake fan.

Author: It is a Keeper

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 22 minutes

Servings: 12 Servings

Calories: 167 kcal per serving

Ingredients

1 ⅓ cups - Flour
1 stick - Butter
½ cup - Light brown sugar
½ cup - Sugar
1 - egg Egg
2 teaspoons - Vanilla extract
½ tsp - Salt
½ tsp - Baking soda
2 teaspoons - Cinnamon
¼ tsp - Nutmeg
1 ½ cups - Fruitcake mix

Instructions

In a bowl, mix together the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg,
In a larger bowl, first mix together the brown sugar, white sugar, and butter using a mixer. Once those are well incorporated, add in the flour and spice mixture, egg, and vanilla together.
Once incorporated, fold in the fruitcake mix.
With the oven pre-heated at 350 degrees, drop each cookie into about 1-inch balls using a small cookie scooper on a greased cookie sheet.
Bake in the oven for about 10-12 minutes until golden brown.
Once the time is done, allow the cookies to cool a tad before transferring to a cooling rack

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