This recipe yields more than 12 dozen tiny cookies, making it a terrific replacement for holiday fruitcake. For a cookie that is just as delicious, use dried apricots and dates that have been steeped in rum instead of glaceed cherries and figs.
| Servings: | 72 |
| Yield: | 12 dozen |
Ingredients
- 3 cups chopped dried figs
- ⅔ cup raisins
- ⅔ cup candied cherries, chopped
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons dry sherry
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 ½ cups chopped walnuts
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup super fine sugar
- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine fruits, honey, sherry, lemon juice, salt and walnuts. Cover and marinate overnight.
- Cream together with butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth. Add egg and mix well. Combine the flour, salt and cloves; gradually blend into the butter mixture. Blend in the fruit and nut mixture
- Lightly flour work surface and divide dough into 2 equal portions. Roll into logs and wrap in plastic wrap or waxed paper. Place dough in freezer for at least an hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cut logs into thin rounds and place on cookie sheet spaced at least 1 inch apart.
- Bake 10 to 13 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 107 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 14 g |
| Cholesterol | 9 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 14 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
My cookies did not look at all like the pic that comes up. They looked more like you would expect a cut cookie to look. I made half the recipe but required more than half the egg to get the mixture to stick together. Yes they’re tough to cut but managed with a sharp knife. I had made two rolls and kept the second in the freezer. It may have been too cold as it did not cut as well.
These had a very nice fruit cake taste. They flattened out more than I would have liked, but perhaps I cut it too thin. Because they turned out thin, they had a nice crispiness. Flavor excellent. I would definitely try again.
These were a huge hit! They are very good!
Delectable and diffrent
These are better once they sit. Dough is somewhat crumbly – mostly you’ll need a very sharp knife to cut through figs/nuts etc. and get nice rounds. If you don’t have one, perhaps chill in fridge for a while and then just dollop onto sheets with a spoon. Also, to state the obvious, if you don’t like figs, don’t make this. But you may like them even if you don’t like FRUITCAKE. Good, but not good enough to stay on our Christmas cookie list.
I read all the reviews and tried to address people’s issues and got a 5-star cookie out of it. I used precut Date Nuggets and countered their dryness by using a few more tablespoons of rum. The apricots weren’t bad to cut up. Then in the AM I put half the mixture at a time in a food processor and pulsed it a few times so the fruit was more evenly sized and ultimately easier to slice cleanly into rounds. I also baked them a bit longer. The end result was a huge hit…not sweet and a good addition to a cookie plate
Because we can’t eat figs, I replaced them with a fruitcake mix. The cookies were delicous..but they didn’t last long, so had to make them more often.
My apologies to the author of this recipe but I found it to be very bland – lacking any definitive taste. I will not bother trying this recipe again.
I must have done something wrong because the dough was very crumbly and the cookies were not sweet enough. I used apricots, dates, and rum instead of figs, cheeries, and sherry.
While this cookie is extremely tasty, it takes a whole lot of effort and time. It’s difficult to chop some of the fruits because they’re so sticky. Still, if you want to impress somebody with a good holiday cookie, and you have time, this is a good recipe.
I am not big on fruitcake, but these cookies were VERY good. When I sent cookies home w/ guests they always asked if I would put alot of the fruitcake ones in. They really were quite easy to make & it does make ALOT of them. Now I will make these every year! Thanks, Traci Z.