Irish Christmas Cookies
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 3:19am

Ingredients




1 cup Butter softened
1 cup Granulated Sugar
3 lrg Eggs
2 cups All-purpose Flour
1/4 cup Irish Whiskey
1/4 cup Candied Citron chopped
1/4 cup golden Raisins blanched and chopped
1/4 cup Almonds chopped

Preparation

1 Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees and prepare two greased cookie sheets; set aside. In a small mixing bowl, cream together the butter and the sugar. Beat in the eggs until well blended. Add the flour and the Irish whiskey, and beat the dough until smooth. Add the fruit and nuts, and mix well. Drop cookie dough from a tablespoon onto the prepared cookie sheets. Bake each sheet of cookies for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the cookies from the baking sheets with a spatula while still warm. Place on wire rack to partially cool. Store 2 Barb Says: This was one of my Mom's favorites!