12 recipes for the best Philadelphia holiday cookie swap

Ingredients

• 2 cups dried figs, hard tips discarded
• 1½ cups dried dates, pitted
• 1 cup raisins
• ¾ cup whole almonds, toasted and coarsely chopped
• ¾ cup walnuts, coarsely chopped, toasted
• ½ cup orange marmalade
• ½ cup honey
• ¼ cup brandy
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks unsalted butter) cut into ½-inch cubes
• 1 large egg
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 egg white beaten with 1 tablespoon water for egg wash
• Colored sprinkles