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Ingredients
For 10 Dozen(s)
For the Filling:
- 1 1/2 pounds dried figs
- 1/2 pound mincemeat
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1/2 pound glazed mixed fruit
- 1/2 pound raisins
- 1/2 pound dates
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 peel of orange
- 1/4 cup whiskey
- 1/4 cup rum
- 1/4 cup brandy
- couple of handfuls of dried apricots
- couple of handfuls of dried cranberries
For the Cookies:
- 5 cups all purpose flour
- 5 large eggs
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 orange peels, grated
- a couple of dashes of cinnamon
- 1 1/2 oranges, juice only
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Cookies:
- 5 cups all purpose flour
- 5 large eggs
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 orange peels, grated
- a couple of dashes of cinnamon
- 1 1/2 oranges, juice only
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Frosting:
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- optional (use 1/2 almond extract & 1/2 vanilla)
- a little water as needed for dipping consistency
- add a little food coloring if you want them colored
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Directions
- For the Filling:
- Chop fruit very fine or run through a meat grinder.
- Add rest of ingredients and stir together until well mixed.
- Store in airtight container in refrigerator one or more days before using.
- Cookie Dough:
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each one.
- Mix in grated orange peel, orange juice, cinnamon and vanilla.
- Stir together flour & baking powder.
- Add flour mixture gradually into butter mixture, stirring well after each addition.
- Mixture should be thick and not sticky.
- Add a little more flour if it is too sticky.
- Refrigerate one hour before using.
- To make Cookies:
- Take a handful of dough and roll out on a floured surface into a long rope, approximately 1 inch in diameter.
- Flatten the rope with the palm of your hand.
- Using your index finger form a trough in the rope.
- Fill the trough with some of the fruit filling.
- Then work the dough around the filling and pinch together to seal it all the way across the rope.
- Roll to to form a round rope again .
- With a table knife at a diagonal to the rope, slice cookies 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide.
- Place on greased cookie sheet and bake in preheated 350 degree oven until cookies are set and slightly browned.
- You can brush cookies before baking with beaten egg white and sprinkle with sesame seeds or candy sprinkles.
- Or you can bake plain to frost later after they are cooled.
- After cookies are cooled dip them into colored frosting and sprinkle with candy sprinkles.
- Let set on sheets of waxed paper until the frosting is dry and hardened.
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Recipe Notes
The filling will keep well for months in a Tupperware container in the refrigerator if you don't use it all.
