I had about a cup of candied peel leftover and was looking for recipes to use it up and found this easy to bake fruitcake cookies. I already have a recipe for coconut fruitcake cookies but that doesn't use butter or flour. It's more like coconut macaroons. But these are like any other regular cookies which involves creaming of butter and sugar. It doesn't need any fancy ingredients. Whatever dried fruits or nuts you have in your pantry can be used to make these rich, buttery cookies. These cookies are not crispy. It's chewy and not very sugary too!
Recipe
Eggless Christmas Fruitcake Cookies
Are you running short on time to bake a fruitcake for Christmas? Don't worry, bake these rich and buttery fruitcake cookies instead and get a ton of compliments.
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Ingredients
Part 1:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup coconut palm sugar
- 1 teaspoon egg replacer powder
- 3 tablespoons water
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Part 2:
- 1 and ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ⅓ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Part 3:
- 1 cup candied peel (tutti fruiti)
- 1 cup chopped dates
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- ½ cup pistachios
- ½ cup pecans, toasted and chopped
- ½ cup hazelnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped
Substitutions:
- butter - vegan butter substitute like Earth Balance
- coconut palm sugar - brown sugar
- all-purpose flour - whole wheat pastry flour
- candied peel dates, cranberries - any dried fruit of your choice
- pistachios pecans, hazelnuts - any nuts of your choice or even chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 325F/160C for 15 minutes. Grease baking sheets with butter or line it with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl cream together the butter and brown sugar until it's light and fluffy. Add the egg replacer powder, water and vanilla extract and beat well again.
- Add the sifted flour, salt and baking soda to the creamed mixture and stir well.
- Stir in the dried fruits and nuts.
- Scoop out tablespoonful of dough for each cookie, lightly roll it and flatten it and place it on the prepared baking sheets and bake for about 15 minutes.
- Place the baking sheets on a cooling rack and leave it for at least 5 minutes before transferring the cookies to the cooling rack to cool completely. Store it in an air-tight container.
My Notes
- Candied peel is also known as tutti fruiti (especially in India) and it's mostly available in the baking aisle of grocery stores here in North America. You can also use a mix of chopped green and red candied cherries instead of candied peel.
- Feel free to use any dried fruit or nuts of your choice but just keep the measurement same.
- Toasting the nuts is optional, but I recommend it because it gives a nice crunch and flavor to the cookies.
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Lainy says
Hello, I made these cookies again and the cookies spread, and they're also a little too oily. What did I do wrong? Should I add more flour?
Madhuram says
I'm sorry that the cookies didn't turn out perfect, Lainy. Did you use the correct quantity of butter and flour? Sometimes cookie dough needs to be chilled before baking. Next time test back 2-3 cookies to see how it spreads, if it spreads too thin it means that the cookie dough needs chilling.
Lainy says
Ok, thank you, I will chill the dough! I also made them bigger than a tablespoon, maybe that affected it...
V.Madhulika says
Can i bake these cookies in my cooker by adding salt in the bottom of cooker and all the following method pls tell???
Madhuram says
Sorry Madhulika, I have not baked in a cooker so don't have any suggestions or tips.
Lainy says
My favorite Christmas cookie since I discovered it here♡ Tysm for sharing! I love your website!!
Madhuram says
You're very welcome, Lainy.
Nichapa says
Can I use shortening instead of butter?
Madhuram says
I guess so.
saamn says
very nice recipes, colorful one, i like this. thanks for sharing
Dentist Doveton says
Lovely recipes i found in this site, love to cook these types of recipes.
Madhuram says
You should be able to find it as vanilla essence in almost all stores these days.
Hari Chandana says
Colorful and tempting cookies.. Thanks for the wonderful recipe 🙂