Maries German Fruit Cookies Recipes

MARI'S HOMEMADE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and both the brown and granulated sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat well. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir in the dry mixture to the butter mixture. Then add the oatmeal, pecans and coconut.
• Using an ice cream scooper, drop some of the dough on an ungreased baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake until the cookies turn a light brown, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining dough.

MARIE'S GERMAN FRUIT COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat margarine, sugar, and eggs until creamy.
• Stir in buttermilk.
• Add dry ingredients with nuts and fruit. Mix well.
• Refrigerate dough at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonful about 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until almost no imprint remains when touched lightly with finger.
• Remove to racks to cool.

FRUIT MADNESS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two cookie sheets.
• In large bowl combine cereal flakes, coconut and salt. Stir in condensed milk. Stir all fruit and blend thoroughly.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls 1 inch apart on greased cookie sheets. Bake 12-15 minutes until golden. Cool on wire racks.

GEORGE'S FRUIT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, dissolve baking soda in warm water.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and the sugar. Beat the eggs and mix in. Stir in molasses, chopped nuts, fruit cocktail, raisins and vanilla. Mix in spices, baking soda and salt. Sift the flour and stir in. Mix until well blended.
• Drop by teaspoon on a cookie sheet and bake for 10 to 15 minutes.

WHOLE GRAIN & FRUIT COOKIES

Steps:

• In small bowl, combine flour, wheat germ, oats, baking powder and cinnamon.
• Chop dried fruit and place in large mixing bowl.
• Add juice, oil and egg and mix thoroughly.
• Add dry ingredients and gently stir together.
• Cover and refrigerate for one hour.
• Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls on baking sheet. Use spoon to flatten dough somewhat.
• Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes.

GRANDMA MILLSPAUGH'S FRUIT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream the butter with the brown sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy and beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the raisins, the chopped currants, the cloves, and the cinnamon and beat the mixture until it is combined well. Dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk or water, add the mixture to the fruit mixture, and beat the mixture until it is combined well. Into a bowl sift together the flour and the baking powder, add the flour mixture to the fruit mixture, and beat the dough until it is combined well. Chill the dough, covered, for 1 hour, or until it is firm. The dough may be made 1 week in advance and kept covered tightly and chilled.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Roll rounded teaspoons of the dough into balls, arrange the balls about 1 inch apart on lightly greased baking sheets, and with the flat bottom of a glass dipped in the granulated sugar, flatten the balls into 1 1/2 rounds. Press a whole currant lightly into the center of each round and bake the cookies in batches in the middle of the oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they are golden. Transfer the cookies to racks and let them cool. The cookies may be made 2 months in advance and kept frozen in airtight containers.

GRANDMA FLORENCE'S FRUIT COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift all dry ingredients into bowl.
• Stir liquid into well of flour.
• Add raisin and nuts stir drop cookies onto pan will spread out 400° oven 10 minutes.

FROZEN CANDIED FRUIT COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar together.
• Beat in eggs.
• Stir in dry ingredients.
• Stir in pecans and fruit.
• Form into rolls 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
• Wrap in plastic wrap; place in resealable plastic bag.
• Freeze.
• TO BAKE: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Using wet sharp knife, slice into thin slices (1/4 inch thick), and place on greased baking sheet.
• Bake 6-8 minutes.