Fruit Cookies

Total Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup mixed peel or 1/4 cup mixed fruit
• 1/4 cup nuts
• 4 tablespoons molasses
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon clove
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3 cups flour (approximately)

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar. add eggs and beat; and add molasses.
• 2 use 1/2 cup flour to flour fruit and nuts. add spices and baking soda to rest of flour. add flour to egg mixture and then added floured fruits and nuts.
• 3 add extra flour to make dough heavy enough to drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet. (approximately 3/4 cup more flour).
• 4 bake at 350f for 8-10 minutes.