Holiday Fruitcake Cookies

Ingredients:

4 cups sifted all purpose flour

1 teas soda

1 teas salt

1 cup shortening

2 cups brown sugar packed

2 eggs

2/3 cups buttermilk

1 cup pecans, chopped

1 cup candied cherries, quartered and halved

2 cups dates, quartered

1 cup candied fruit mix

Directions:

Sift together flour, soda and salt. Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. add buttermilk and flour alternately to batter. Stir in nuts, candied cherries, dates, and candied fruit mix. Chill dough. Drop by teaspoon about 2 inches apart onto lightly greased baking pan. Top each cookie with a cherry or nut. bake in moderate oven 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until done.