Fruit Cookies Recipe

• ½ cup Vegetable Shortening
• ½ cup Brown Sugar (firmly packed)
• 2 large Eggs
• ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
• ½ tsp Baking Soda
• 1½ tbsp Buttermilk
• 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
• ¼ tsp Allspice
• ¼ tsp Nutmeg
• ¼ tsp Cinnamon
• ¼ cup Bourbon Whiskey
• ½ pound Golden Raisins
• ½ pound Candied Cherries
• ½ pound Candied Pineapple
• ½ cup All-Purpose Flour
• 1½ cups Pecans (chopped)

• Combine shortening and sugar in a medium-sized bowl.
• Beat in eggs and mix until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla.
• Dissolve soda in buttermilk and add to the mixture.
• Combine one cup flour with allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Gradually add to the buttermilk mix.
• Pour in the whiskey, a little at a time. Beat well after each addition.
• Coat raisins, cherries, and pineapple in the remaining flour and then drop into the batter.
• Drop by spoons into batches on a greased baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.