RECIPE AND PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY PATRICIA STOVER
FRUIT AND NUT DROPS from Patricia Stover
3 cups seedless raisins
1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 lb of pecan halves
1 lb. red candied cherries (whole)
1 1/4 cups green candied cherries (whole)
1/2 cup burbon (can use rum instead) (Apple Jack brand is best); it just gives them a different taste.)
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup oleo (use real unsalted butter instead)
2 eggs
- Directions
Put Raisins in bowl and add burbon.
Mix and let stand 1 hour.
Sift dry ingredients in separate bowl
Cream Butter Sugar and add in your eggs
Beat in flour mixture. Stir in raisins & fruit
make sure to use all burbon left from raisins
Drop from tsp onto greased cookie sheet ( I use parchment Paper)
Make sure to get one cherry and one nut in each cookie
bake at 375 for 15 minutes or till firm
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