Fruitcake Cookies

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These aren't show-stoppers... But, by themselves, with a hot drink, they are simply delicious (and quite addictive! Since they are humble, and by no means flashy, they have a tough time standing up to a buffet line of desserts ... so instead (whether hosting or attending I bag 'em up nicely and send them home with guests, to enjoy the day after, with their morning coffee or tea... to rave reviews! I just baked off the last of a recent batch this morning to keep the holiday spirit alive while drinking my coffee at work today. Cheers!

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I love most of Ina's recipes, but these cookies were not great. A little too hockey-puckish, too much cloves and very, very, dry. Not worth the effort and all the cost of the dried fruits and nuts. Sorry Ina.

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I already had a container of fruitcake mix. I put that added some dried cranberries,raisins,dried apricots and walnuts. I then used meade,as I had no sherry. They are delish,a nice change from the usual fruitcake. I'd make these again.

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This an old recipe that we have been using for 40 years in our bakery, we are now retired. The clove amount is way to much we used 1 tsp plus 1/4 tsp cinnamon. We use dried cranberries instead of figs and cherries. We use pecans and walnuts. We used berry liquor instead of sherry. In this recipe they left out the salt but made mention of it in the directions.
Because we were curious at how this would turn out with all the glove, we were right, not so good the formula was out of balance.

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Ina is the best! These cookies are great. I added dried cranberries and green cherries. I also used rum instead of sherry.

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Since seeing this on TV, I have made the cookies twice, once for company and once for a bridal shower. A true hit both times -- everyone likes it that the cookies are not too sweet. Hey, dried fruit, it's my idea of breakfast!

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I saw Ina make these on television and I, being a fruit crazy one, dreamed of making them. I finally made them as gifts for a religious holiday. They are a hit and I wish I made more to keep at home! Buttery, mild flavor and the fruit and nuts are so wonderful. I used dates, raisins, apricots, cranberries and walnuts. What a mixture!

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These are my family's FAVORITE holiday cookies...in September, my mom and dad are already hinting about them! I've made them following the recipe, and I've made them with multiple substitutions, with great results every time! I prefer dark or spiced rum to the sherry (which i doubled because the fruit looked dry, tasted GREAT, and used pre-packaged fruitcake candied fruit mix (adding extra cherries, just cuz we like them!, tried walnuts and almonds (wonderful!, dates instead of figs, basically as long as you stick to the base recipe proportions, you can't go wrong. I found the cookie by itself a little dry, so I made an orange glaze icing for them with powdered sugar, orange juice, and orange zest, and it bumped them up another notch! I also made an extra batch of the fruit and rum mix, took it to my mom's house to make more cookies and forgot about it...she found it last month (August, 8 months later, and it has aged fabulously, it turned into sort of a mincemeat that she's been mixing into peach and apple pies!

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I think these cookies have potential, but I'm not certain what Ina was thinking with 1/2 tsp on cloves. Cloves is an extremely strong spice and it was way to much for the recipe. If I was going to make these again I would consider starting at an 1/8 tsp, seeing if I liked the flavor and then graduating to a 1/4. I was disappointed to go through the whole recipe only to taste a mouth full of cloves. Maybe I'm just not a fan of the spice, but if I were you I would start off with a small amount and work up to the recommended. DONT JUST DUMP IN THE FULL 1/2.

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I just made these cookies and between the macerating and chilling I didn't know what to expect, they were GREAT!
This cookie took all the good things of fruit cake and made it better. The cookie itself is pretty easy to make, it is just the waiting for the fruit and chilling. I will make these again and again. The Whole Foods I went to didn't have dried figs in small amounts so I used dates instead, but I kept to the rest of the recipe. So good. Thanks Ina!