Christmas Rocks

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground mace
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon strong brewed coffee
• 1/2 cup currants
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 pound pecan halves
• 1/4 cup candied cherries
• 1/4 pound candied pineapple, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 pound chopped candied citron
• 1/4 pound pitted dates
• 1/4 pound chopped candied orange peel

Recipe

• cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. beat eggs until foamy, add to mixture. sift flour with spices, cocoa and soda. save out 1/2 cup of flour mixture. add the rest of flour mixture to butter mixture. stir in coffee.
• cut fruits into small slivers and dredge fruit and chopped pecans lightly in flour saved out for this. add to fruit and the rest of flour to batter, mixing thoroughly.
• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (170 degrees c). grease cookie sheets.
• drop by teaspoon onto cookie sheet. do not place too close together. bake for 12 to 15 minutes. do not over-brown. store cookies in jars.