Christmas cookies with a fruitcake filling

24 servings Prep: 20 mins, Cooking: 20 mins
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The perfect fruit mince recipe that's a quick and easy treat for the festive season.

By Food24 December 23 2013
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Ingredients (10)

2 eggs
1/2 cup butter
1 cup treacle sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 Tbs vanilla
2 1/4 cup flour
1 Tbs cinnamon — ground
2 Tbs nutmeg — ground
2 cup fruit mincemeat
icing sugar
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Method:

Pre-heat oven to 170°C | 375°F

Cream together butter and sugars.

Add vanilla then eggs and mix until smooth.

Mix the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon into a separate bowl.

Add the flour mixture slowly to the wet mixture and mix well.

Add the fruit mince or candied fruit to the batter and mix in.

Roll golf ball sized cookies and flatten them a bit between your hands.

Leave couple of cm or an inch space between them.

Bake for 16 minutes and check for browning of the edges.  Bake for another 2- 4 minutes.

Cool and sift icing powder over the top.

Recipe reprinted with permission of  Milk and Cookies. To see more recipes, click here.



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