John Vinson Cookies

• 2 eggs
• 1 C sugar
• 2 1/2 C flour
• 2/3 C real butter
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp cloves
• 1/2 tsp whiskey–cheap bourbon (John’s directions!)
• 1 tsp soda dissolved in boiling water
• 1 C white raisins
• 1 7 oz pkg dates
• 1/2 pound candied cherries
• 1/2 pound pineapple
• 1 pound pecans

Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, mix each group of spices with flour taken from 2 1/2 C. Chop nuts by hand. Chop fruit with sissors. Keep separated, flour as mentioned above and add to batter one at a time. Add nuts last.

The batter is very stiff. Drop by heaping spoonfuls on cookie sheet. (Don’t let them get too brown.)

Bake in a moderate oven.

Word of warning–I had trouble finding the candied fruit this year. I went to three stores before I found it, but according to my friend who makes a fruitcake every year for her father, it stores well. So I bought enough for three batches.

Enjoy and merry Christmas!