Christmas Cookies Ii

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground mace
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup chopped, peeled apple
• 1 cup golden raisins
• 1/2 pound candied pineapple
• 1/4 pound chopped candied orange peel
• 1/4 pound candied lemon peel
• 8 ounces dates, pitted and chopped
• 1 pound chopped pecans
• 1 tablespoon bourbon
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• cream together butter, sugar, and eggs. beat in flour, cocoa, and cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, and soda.
• meanwhile soak candied pineapple, orange peel, and lemon peel in bourbon.
• add apples, raisins, dates, pecans, and soaked fruits, and mix well.
• on a greased cookie sheet spoon out half-dollar size cookies, spaced 1/2 inch apart.
• in a preheated 350 degree (175 degrees c) oven, bake 12-15 minutes.