Christmas Fruitcake Hermits

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