Taste Like Fruitcake Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups yellow cake mix
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter flavored shortening, at room temperature
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 cup dried cherries
• 1/4 cup white raisins
• 1/4 cup chopped dried apricots or pineapple
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup chopped almonds
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl, blend cake mix, brown sugar. Add to dry mixture, the shortening, egg, vanilla and almond extract. Fold in cherries, raisins, apricots or pineapples, walnuts, almonds, and pecans or your favorite nut. Blend mixture well. Drop cookie dough (dough should be sticky, doughy, not too wet), if too wet add a couple of spoonfuls of leftover cake mix to give it the right consistency) by spoonfuls, about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Tip: About 1 minute before cooking time is reached, pull cookies out of oven, they will continue to cook for about 1 minute on hot cookie sheet and begin to cool, creating their own cake like color. Cookies can be refrigerated and served at a later time, or put in the freezer. To freeze, wrap cookies tightly in freezer wrap, heavy-duty aluminum foil or plastic freezer-safe bags. Freeze up to 2 months. Bring to room temperature for approximately 45 minutes before serving.

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