Chewiest Fruitcake Cookies
If you love fruitcake, you will love Chewy Fruitcake cookies. They are a more portable and convenient version of traditional fruitcake. They are also softer and chewier, and they have a higher ratio of fruit and nuts to cake.
Servings: 32 cookies
Calories: 145cal
Cost: $10
Equipment
- Oven adjusted to center rack position
- Stand Mixer fitted with the paddle attachment
- large baking sheet
- parchment paper
- wire cooling rack
- Measuring cups and spoons
- tablespoon sized cookie scoop
Ingredients
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup light brown sugar firmly packed
- ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 large egg at room temperature
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1½ tablespoons rum extract *or white rum
- 1 cup paradise fruit and peel mix
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Whisk flour, salt, and baking soda and set aside.
- In a bowl of a stand mixer mix sugar and butter and beat until whipped.
- Add in egg, vanilla extract, and rum; whisk.
- Lower mixer speed and add flour. Mix until just combined. Add in nuts and fruit and mix until just combined being careful not to overmix.
- Add tablespoon-sized dough balls to the parchment-lined baking sheet leaving 2 inches between each cookie.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cookies may feel soft, but will firm up and be chewy once cooled. Overbaking them will make them hard and crunchy.
- Allow cookies to cool for a minute before transferring them to a wire rack. This allows air to circulate around the cookie, preventing the bottoms from steaming and getting soft.
- Repeat steps 7 & 8 until all cookies have been baked.
Notes
Nutritional values may vary and are meant to be a guide.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 145cal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 31mg | Potassium: 31mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 148IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg