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Fruitcake Cookies
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Louise Hagger
Recipe Summary
prep: 1 hr
total: 2 hrs 15 mins
Yield: Makes 4 dozen
Ingredients
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2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
7 ounces almond paste (1 tube), cut into small pieces
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1/4 cup kirsch
1 pound mixed candied and dried fruit, such as glace cherries, dried papaya, and candied citron, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (3 cups)
Poured Chocolate Fondant
Edible gold leaf, for decorating (optional; available at nycake.com)
Cook's Notes
Use high-quality candied fruit in these cookies – we like the candied citron from Buon’Italia, and the glace cherries from King Arthur Flour. You should be able to find almond paste (don’t use marzipan!) and dried papaya at most grocery stores.
Variations
We decorated our cookies with gold leaf, but candied-cherry quarters or halves are lovely as well – add them just before the fondant is set, so they stick.
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Fruitcake Cookies
Credit:
Louise Hagger
Recipe Summary
prep: 1 hr
total: 2 hrs 15 mins
Yield: Makes 4 dozen
Gallery
Fruitcake Cookies
Credit:
Louise Hagger
Fruitcake Cookies
Credit:
Louise Hagger
Fruitcake Cookies
Recipe Summary
prep: 1 hr
total: 2 hrs 15 mins
Yield: Makes 4 dozen
Recipe Summary
prep: 1 hr
total: 2 hrs 15 mins
Yield: Makes 4 dozen
prep: 1 hr
total: 2 hrs 15 mins
prep:
1 hr
total:
2 hrs 15 mins
Yield: Makes 4 dozen
Makes 4 dozen
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 7 ounces almond paste (1 tube), cut into small pieces
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1/4 cup kirsch
- 1 pound mixed candied and dried fruit, such as glace cherries, dried papaya, and candied citron, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (3 cups)
- Poured Chocolate Fondant
- Edible gold leaf, for decorating (optional; available at nycake.com)
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 9-by-13-inch rimmed baking sheet and line with parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang on long sides. Butter parchment. Whisk together flour, cinnamon, salt, cardamom, and baking powder.
Pulse almond paste in a food processor until crumbly; add sugar and pulse just to combine. Transfer mixture to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add butter and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, scraping down sides of bowl, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 2 tablespoons kirsch. Add flour mixture, beating on low speed, until fully combined. Beat in fruit.
Scrape batter into prepared sheet, smoothing top with an off-set spatula. Bake until pale golden, about 1 hour, 15 minutes. Brush with remaining 2 tablespoons kirsch. Transfer sheet to a wire rack and let cool 45 minutes. Use parchment overhang to lift out of pan; let cool completely on rack. Refrigerate at least 4 hours and preferably overnight. Using a sharp knife, trim edges and cut into 1 1/4-inch squares.
Working in batches and keeping the rest in the refrigerator, place one cookie on a fork. Spoon fondant over top, allowing it to coat entire cake and excess to drip back into bowl. Place on a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet to set. If at any time fondant gets too thick, add hot water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and warm in the microwave or over a pot of simmering water. Let cookies stand until set, about 30 minutes. If desired, decorate with a few flecks of edible gold leaf. Cookies will keep at room temperature in an airtight container up to 5 days.
Cook's Notes
Use high-quality candied fruit in these cookies – we like the candied citron from Buon’Italia, and the glace cherries from King Arthur Flour. You should be able to find almond paste (don’t use marzipan!) and dried papaya at most grocery stores.
Variations
We decorated our cookies with gold leaf, but candied-cherry quarters or halves are lovely as well – add them just before the fondant is set, so they stick.
Cook’s Notes
Use high-quality candied fruit in these cookies – we like the candied citron from Buon’Italia, and the glace cherries from King Arthur Flour. You should be able to find almond paste (don’t use marzipan!) and dried papaya at most grocery stores.
Variations
We decorated our cookies with gold leaf, but candied-cherry quarters or halves are lovely as well – add them just before the fondant is set, so they stick.
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