Recipe - Fudgy Fruitcake Drops

One fourth cup Butter
One half cup Sugar
1 lg Egg
One half cup Grape Jelly
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Unbleached AllPurpose Flour
One fourth cup Unsweetened Cocoa
2 teaspoon Baking Powder
2 cup Chopped Walnuts
8 ounce Raisins, 1 One half Cups
6 ounce SemiSweet Chocolate Chips,
1 Cup
Confectioners' Sugar
(Optional)

Yield: About 50 Cookies

In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter for 30 seconds. Add the sugar and
beat until fluffy. Add the egg, grape jelly, and vanilla. Blend well.
Combine the flour, cocoa, and baking powder and stir this mixture into the
butter mixture. Stir in nuts, raisins and chocolate chips. Drop by rounded
teaspoonfuls onto greased and floured cookie sheets. Bake in a preheated
350 Degree F. oven for about 10 minuets or until just set. Cool for 1
minute on the cookie sheet, then remove to wire racks. If desired, sift
confectioners' sugar over the cooled cookies.

From The Wellesley Cookie Exchange Cookbook by Susan Mahnke Peery Copyright
1986

Shared by Rich Harper

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