chocolate fruitcake cookies

Name: Chocolate Fruitcake Cookies
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 1/2 cup(s) each dried cherries, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries; 1 - orange, zested, and juiced; 1/2 cup(s) dark rum; 1/2 cup(s) apple juice; 1 cup(s) butter, soft; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1 cup(s) dark brown sugar; 2 large eggs; 2 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 3 cup(s) flour; 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 3/8 cup(s) baking cocoa; 1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 1 cup(s) coconut, packed in cup; 2 cup(s) chopped nuts, walnuts & pecans; 1 package(s) chocolate chips; 1 small bottle(s) with squirt/mist top filled with dark rum

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Cynthia Thornlow

Palmer, AK

Updated on Nov 18, 2012

You can find this recipe as a Fruitcake in Debbie Macomber's book, Something About Christmas. She asked if she could include it.

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Ingredients

1/2 cup each dried cherries, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries
1 - orange, zested, and juiced
1/2 cup dark rum
1/2 cup apple juice
1 cup butter, soft
1 cup sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3/8 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup coconut, packed in cup
2 cups chopped nuts, walnuts & pecans
1 package chocolate chips
1 small bottle with squirt/mist top filled with dark rum

How To Make chocolate fruitcake cookies

Step 1

In a medium size bowl, mix dried fuit, zest and juice of orange, rum and apple juice, cover. Microwave for 5 min. stir and cover and let set until cool.

Step 2

With a mixer cream butter and both sugars, then add eggs 1 at a time, then the vanilla.
Step 3

In a large bowl mix all the dry ingredients together with a whisk. Add to creamed mixture slowly until combined.
Step 4

Now add the cooled fruit, coconut, nuts and chips. Mixing until just combined.
Step 5

Using a cookie scoop or spoon, place dough on a parchment lined cookie sheep, 12 to a pan. Bake 18 min. at 375*. Let cool on pan for 10 min. then remove to wire rack and mist with the rum
Step 6

Pack these into a plastic container and place in your refrigerator. Like fruitcake they taste better with age..you just don't have to wait 3 weeks before you can enjoy them.
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