Garten’s fruitcake cookies recipe is featured in her book Barefoot Contessa at Home. She explains in the book how she got the recipe from cookbook author Lee Bailey when he asked her to make them for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ina promises that these cookies will be enjoyed by everyone. “For anybody who doesn’t like fruitcake, forget it. You’ll love these ...

Chop fruit (currants through cherries) and soak overnight in dark rum or grape juice. Drain well. In a mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar and egg. In a separate bowl, mix together salt, baking ...

Fruitcake: Love ‘em or leave ‘em? Probably a majority would pick choice No. 2. Just the thought of fruitcake-anything makes them turn up their nose. The “love ‘ems” enjoy the sweet, perhaps liquor ...

I am not a fruitcake apologist. I am fine with it being joked about, scorned, ignored, used as a doorstop or forgotten completely. We are not a fruitcake family and I am not a fruitcake fan. I was not ...

FRUITCAKE COOKIES 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 2 eggs, beaten 1/4 cup buttermilk 1 and 1/2 cups self-rising flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 1/2 ...

Fruitcake is a love-it-or-hate-it holiday tradition. But these cookies are everything a fruitcake should be. Studded with all manner of dried and candied fruit (you can easily substitute your ...