Name: Christmas Fruit Cookies
Ingredients: 1½ cups brown sugar; ½ cup granulated sugar; 1 lb. real butter; 3 eggs; 1 tsp. vanilla; 2 cups pecans, chopped; 4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp. baking powder; ½ lb. dates; ½ lb. candied cherries; ½ lb. white raisins; 3 slices red and green candied pineapple, finely cut; 1 tsp. cinnamon; 1 tsp. baking soda

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Step 1: Sift together the flour, cinnamon, soda and baking powder.
Step 2: Cream together the butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla.
Step 3: Mix the cut-up fruit and pecans with the dry ingredients.
Step 4: Add the fruit mixture to the butter mixture.
Step 5: Shape into small rolls, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate overnight.
Step 6: Slice and bake at 325°F for 10–15 minutes.

From the cook

These freeze well.

What we changed or couldn’t read (2)

White raisins are printed as "1/2 white raisins" with no unit; ½ lb. is a best guess, matching the other fruit.
The method does not say where the pecans go; they are added with the fruit here.

Christmas Fruit Cookies

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