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Online Cookie Recipes for this Holiday Season :: Christmas
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Fruit Nut Wreaths
» 1 cup soft butter or margarine
» 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
» 1 egg
» 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
» 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
» 1 cup rolled oats
» 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
» 1/4 cup finely chopped red candied cherries
» confectioners' sugar icing, thin
» flaked or shredded coconut (tinted, if desired)
Beat butter until creamy; add sugar gradually, beating until
light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Sift flour and baking powder
together; stir into butter mixture. Stir in oats, nuts and
chopped cherries. Shape into wreaths. Bake on ungreased cookie
sheets in a 350 degree F. oven for 12 to 15 minutes. When
cool, frost with a thin confectioners' sugar icing. Sprinkle
with coconut and decorate with additonal chopped pieces of
candied cherries.
Makes about 3 1/2 dozen.
To tint coconut, put coconut in a plastic storage bag. Add
a few drops of food coloring and shake well until coconut
is evenly tinted. If using paste color, thin a dab with a
few drops of water first.
For thin icing, mix about 1 1/2 cups of confectioners' sugar
with 2 tablespoons of milk. Add a little more milk to thin
more, if necessary.
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