Fruit Cocktail Cookies Recipes

FRUIT COCKTAIL DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the shortening, brown sugar and white sugar. Stir in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and cloves, stir into the creamed mixture. Carefully fold in the raisins, fruit cocktail and nuts, try not to crush the fruit.
• Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to12 minutes in the preheated oven.

FRUIT COCKTAIL COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening, brown sugar, and eggs together. Add fruit cocktail, vanilla, raisins, and nuts. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Add flour mixture to the first mixture and mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 11-12 minutes at 400 degrees F.

FRUIT COCKTAIL BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat sugar and eggs until blended. Beat in fruit cocktail and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture until well blended. , Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with coconut and walnuts. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes. , In a small saucepan, bring the sugar, butter and milk to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Drizzle over cake. Cool. Cut into bars.

FRUIT COCKTAIL SQUARES

Steps:

• Drain the fruit cocktail and reserve 1/3 cup of the syrup. Add the 1 tablespoon maraschino cherry syrup to the reserved fruit cocktail syrup. Chop the drained fruit, and set it aside.
• Stir together in a bowl the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter or margarine and sugar. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
• Add the flour mixture, alternating with the syrups, to the creamed mixture. Mix well. Stir in the chopped fruit, the coconut and the cherries.
• Spread dough into a greased 9 inch square pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool. Sprinkle sifted confectioners' sugar over the top if desired. Cut into squares.

HOMEMADE FRUIT COCKTAIL

Steps:

• In heavy saucepan, heat sugar, water, lime juice and basil over high heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; discard basil sprig.
• In large glass bowl, mix nectarines, peaches, cherries and pineapple. Pour sugar syrup over fruit; stir to coat. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.

FRUIT COCKTAIL COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix shortening, sugar and eggs.
• Add fruit cocktail, vanilla, raisins and nuts.
• Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt.
• Drop by teaspoons onto greased baking sheet.
• Bake 11-12 minutes at 400°F.
• Cool.
• Mix powdered sugar and butter with enough of the saved juice to make a thin icing.
• Frost when cool.

FRUIT COCKTAIL COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix shortening, brown sugar, and white sugar; add three eggs, one at a time.
• Add mixture to 2 cups well-drained fruit cocktail, chopped nuts, coconut, raisins, and vanilla.
• Mix together dry ingredients - flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves and add to the first mixture.
• Bake on a greased pan at 375-degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.

FRUIT COCKTAIL BARS

Steps:

• Bars:.
• Beat eggs and sugar. Add the rest of ingredients and mix well.
• Spread in greased,13x9 pan.
• Sprinkle batter with the walnuts and 1 1/2 cup coconut.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Glaze:.
• Mix all the glaze ingredients together in a small saucepan, boil 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and pour over the still warm bars.