The Christmas in July theme continues with fruit cake cookies.
I’m not even mad at the recipe.
No brandy though. I thought it was the brandy that made the fruit cake.
Back in the end of February, I stopped at the store for a few things on the way to the hospital. The candied cherries were on super mark-down. The Valentine’s candy was as well.
I cleared up. I called my mom to see if she needed any candied cherries for the December baking. As for the chocolate, the chocolate locker is always in need of a refresh. I bought them out of the candied cherries and so I had some on hand for this month’s theme. I did not buy them out of the chocolate. I figured six bags of Lindt Lindor balls for $2.50 each was enough. These will be featured on a Cookie Thursday is a Thing in the future.
In my head and in my recollection the one time I made fruitcake there was bathing of the cake in brandy. Hmm, no brandy in the recipe.
The recipe included 1 c Brazilian nuts (I substituted what I had on hand, which was pecans), 1 c candied cherries (chopped), 1 c raisins (chopped), and 1 c dried pineapple (chopped). Instead of butter, the recipe uses Crisco. Okay, have that in the baking pantry, good thing it lives forever. 1 egg, 3/4 c sugar, 1 1/4 c flour, 1 tsp baking soda, and almond flavoring.
No brandy.
But I thought that was not nearly enough liquids for the sheer amount of volume. But I will complete the recipe, and then mess with it next time. Maybe the recipe knows more than me.
It does!
Baked up nicely.
Maybe actual December has a new cookie in town.
Now what to do with the chocolate…
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