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Submitted by: Alicia	Country: Canada
Quantity: 24 cookies	Preparation time: 0:10 hr. Cooking time: 0:08 hr.
Specialties: Holidays, Kids

Ingredients

1/3 cup	candied cherries	75 mL
2/3 cup	mixed peel	150 mL
1/4 cup	sultana raisins	60 mL
1/3 cup	almonds, blanched	75 mL
1/2 cup	all-purpose flour, sifted	125 mL
1/4 cup	butter	60 mL
1/4 cup	sugar	60 mL
1 tbsp	light corn syrup	15 mL
1 tsp	lemon juice	5 mL
2 oz	semi-sweet chocolate (2 squares)	56 g

Directions

Chop cherries, peel, raisins and almond fine. Dredge them in flour. Melt butter and add sugar, syrup and lemon juice. Stir fruit-flour mixture into melted butter mixture.

Drop teaspoonfuls on buttered baking sheet, leaving plenty of room between them. Flatten them with bottom of a wet tumbler.

Bake at 350°F/180°C 8 to 10 minutes, or till sizzling stops, and cookies are deep golden brown with lacy edges. Let them stand a minute before placing on wire rack with spatula.

Melt chocolate over hot water, and frost undersides.