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Dried Fruit Cookies

These healthy dried fruit cookies are packed with pecans and dried cherries. Whether it is the holiday season, or you just want a fruit-based dessert, these cookies are perfect! Whip them up with easy prep and only 10 minutes of cooking time. They have a chewy texture and are low in sugar too!
Prep Time1 hour 10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Baking, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 16 cookies
Calories: 199kcal
Author: Anjali Shah

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Place all the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes until light and fluffy.
  • Add the egg and milk, and beat to combine thoroughly.
  • In a small separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
  • Add half the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, combine fully, then add the remaining half and beat until combined. Do not over mix.
  • Stir in the pecans and mixed fruit.
  • Use a small cookie scoop to portion out the cookie dough and the refrigerate for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and remove cookie dough from the fridge.
  • Make sure your cookies are spaced 2" apart on a parchment or silicone mat lined cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
  • Allow cookies to cool for one minute on the cookie sheet before moving to a cooling rack.

Video

https://youtu.be/C4r6LH1mdR4

Notes

  • Mix Separately: Mix wet ingredients and dry ingredients in separate bowls before combining.
  • Be Mindful Of Bowl Size: Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, which means you’ll want to put the wet ingredients in a larger bowl.
  • Use A Cookie Scoop: This handy kitchen tool helps you get perfectly uniform cookies.
  • Refrigerate Cookie Balls Before Baking: This process solidifies the fat in the cookies. This means that when the cookies are baking, it will take longer for the chilled fat to melt than room temperature fat which will help keep the Christmas fruit cookies from spreading too much when they bake.
  • For Crispier Cookies: If you prefer crispy dried fruit Christmas cookies, bake for closer to 10-12 minutes.
  • Each cookie has 6 grams of added sugar, the remaining sugar is from the cherries.
  • To make these cookies vegan, use coconut oil in place of the butter, a flax egg in place of the egg, and your choice of dairy free milk in place of the milk.
  • To make these cookies gluten free, use gluten free oat flour.
Note: Nutritional info uses 1 egg and whole wheat pastry flour.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 199kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 277mg | Potassium: 88mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 11g