Fruit Coctail Gems Recipes

FRUIT COCTAIL GEMS

Steps:

• Drain the fruit cocktail and save the syrup. Cream together butter, sugars, egg and vanilla until fluffy.
• Add 1/2 cup of syrup with the dry ingredients. Fold in fruit cocktail and drop by teaspoons full on cookie sheet and bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Enjoy!

FRUIT COCKTAIL COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix shortening, sugar and eggs.
• Add fruit cocktail, vanilla, raisins and nuts.
• Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt.
• Drop by teaspoons onto greased baking sheet.
• Bake 11-12 minutes at 400°F.
• Cool.
• Mix powdered sugar and butter with enough of the saved juice to make a thin icing.
• Frost when cool.

FRUIT COCKTAIL DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the shortening, brown sugar and white sugar. Stir in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and cloves, stir into the creamed mixture. Carefully fold in the raisins, fruit cocktail and nuts, try not to crush the fruit.
• Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to12 minutes in the preheated oven.