Dark Fruitcake Spice Cookies

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My dark fruitcake adoring spouse proclaims this the best cookie she has ever eaten.

Here is another great cookie twist to celebrate the traditional Christmas fruitcake. My own recipe for a dark , richly flavored, warmly spiced fruitcake is one of my favorite things at the holiday season and I've incorporated all of the ingredients that I love from that recipe into these amazing fruitcake cookies. If you are a fruitcake lover, you will simply adore these cookies.

3/4 cup soft room temperature butter

1 /2 cup packed brown sugar

 

1/2 cup white sugar

1 egg

 

1/4 cup molasses

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 cup chopped glace cherries

1/2 cup chopped dates

1/2 cup mixed glace citrus peel (or glace fruit mix)

In a bowl mix together the butter, sugar, and egg until blended. Beat in the molasses. 

 

Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger and fold into the molasses mixture. Fold in all of the fruit. Cover, and chill dough for a couple of hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll dough into 1 sized balls.. Place cookies 2 1/2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets, lined with parchment paper or silicone baking liners.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow to rest on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to wire racks to cool. 

 

This dough freezes well, so you can roll them into balls and freeze them, then take them out of the freezer, let thaw for a 1/2 hour and bake as usual. They make take an extra 1 or 2 minutes in the oven this way but you can make a many or as few as you like.