Chocolate Fruit N Nut Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE FRUIT N NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine butter, milk, sugar and honey. Bring to a full boil. Remove from the heat; stir in almonds and fruit. Stir in flour until blended. Drop by tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto greased and floured baking sheets. Spread batter with a spoon to form 2-1/2-in. circles. Bake at 350° until edges are lightly browned, 6-9 minutes. Cool on pans for 1 minute before carefully removing to waxed paper to cool completely. For coating, combine chocolate chips and shortening in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat until melted. Spread 1 teaspoonful over the bottom of each cookie. When chocolate is almost set, draw wavy lines with a fork or cake decorating comb. Store in the refrigerator.

FRUIT 'N' NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in remaining ingredients. Shape into three 10-in. rolls; wrap each in plastic. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours., Preheat oven to 375°. Unwrap dough and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until golden brown, 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

MIXED FRUIT-AND-NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Put butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until smooth. Add sugars, and mix until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in eggs one at a time until combined; mix in vanilla.
• Reduce mixer speed to low. Add flour mixture and mix until just combined. Stir in coconut, apricots, dates, macadamias, and pistachios.
• Drop batter, 2 heaping tablespoons at a time, onto prepared baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. Flatten slightly. Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven; transfer cookies on parchment paper to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE CHIP, NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Blend Oatmeal to a fine powder.
• Cream the butter and both Sugars, add eggs and vanilla, then mix togeter with flour (Sifted), oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and the soda.
• Once all combines, work in the Chocolate chips, hersheys bar and the chopped nuts until evenly spread.
• Roll into Balls and place on a baking sheet, bake for 10 minutes at 375 Degrees F.
• Allow to cool on airing tray, as the cookie cool's it'll harded.

CHOCOLATE NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 375 degrees F.
• CREAM shortening and sugar with electric mixer at medium speed until light.
• ADD egg, milk and vanilla, beating until thoroughly blended.
• COMBINE flour, salt and soda. Add to creamed mixture gradually, beating just until blended.
• STIR in semi-sweet chocolate chips and walnuts with a spoon.
• DROP cookie dough by heaping spoonfuls on ungreased baking sheets.
• BAKE for 10 minutes on center rack. Cool for 2 minutes, then remove to cooling rack.

CHOCOLATE FRUIT BARS II

Steps:

• Lightly butter a 7 or 8 inch square pan.
• Put all ingredients (except chocolate squares) into mixing bowl: mix well together. Press into pan; smooth surface.
• Melt chocolate in double broiler; spread evenly over top of mixture. Score with fork. Refrigerate until firm. Cut into small bars.