Christmas Fruitcake Hermits | Canadian Living

Christmas Fruitcake Hermits | Canadian Living

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Bake these traditional Christmas cake flavours into easy last-minute bite-size cookies. Loaded with lots of candied fruit and nuts, these full-flavoured morsels will surely delight everyone.

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon rum extract
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup red candied cherries quartered
  • 1 cup green candied cherry quartered
  • 1 cup raisin
  • 1 cup candied citrus peel
  • 3/4 cups coarsely chopped pecans
  • 84 pecan halves (about 3 cups/750 mL) optional
  • 1 1/3 cup icing sugar
  • 3 tablespoons amber rum
  • Sodium 31 mg
  • Protein 1 g
  • Calories 80.0
  • Total fat 3 g
  • Potassium 37 mg
  • Cholesterol 7 mg
  • Saturated fat 1 g
  • Total carbohydrate 13 g
  • Iron 2.0
  • Folate 4.0
  • Calcium 1.0
  • Vitamin A 1.0

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