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Holiday Fruit Cookies

     1 1/4  cups          sifted all-purpose flour
     1/2  teaspoon      salt
     1/2  teaspoon      powdered cinnamon
     1/2  teaspoon      baking soda
     1      l             cup  sugar
     1/2  cup           butter or margarine
     2                    eggs
     3      tablespoons   water
     2      cups          finely cut dates
     1      cup           chopped mixed candied fruits
     1      cup           chopped pecans
     1      cup           chopped filberts

Start oven at 350 degrees.  Grease two or more cookie sheets.  Sit flour, salt, cinnamon, and soda together.  Cream sugar, butter or margarine together until light, in mixing bowl.  Add eggs, beat lightly.
Add flour fixture and mix thoroughly.  Stir in water, fruits, and nuts. Mix well.  Drop by tablespoonful(I use only a teaspoon as the cookies really spread and get big)  onto prepared cookie sheets.  Bake 15-17 minutes.  (I take out at 12 minutes.  Do whatever you want to get consistency
or texture you like best.)  To frost, dribble plain confectioner's sugar frosting, fairly thin, over while warm. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

This is a very forgiving recipe.  I follow the mixing directions EXACTLY but make all kinds of substitutions.  I had no dates so put in 1 cup of oatmeal and 1 cup golden raisins.   I had no filberts around so used 2 cups of pecans instead. I think any  nuts would work.  I also may have added a little more water so that the consistency was a little more workable.
 
This recipe came from  THE AMY VANDERBILT COMPLETE COOKBOOK,
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