Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/4           cup  butter
     1/2           cup  brown sugar
     1/4           cup  jelly
  2                     eggs
  2          teaspoons  soda
  1 1/2    tablespoons  milk
  1 1/2           cups  flour
  1           teaspoon  cinnamon
     1/2      teaspoon  allspice -- cloves, and nutmeg
  1 1/2         pounds  mixed candied fruits
  1              pound  raisins
     3/4         pound  chopped pecans

Preparation:

Cream together butter, sugar, and jelly. Beat in eggs. Dissolve soda in milk and add. Sift together flour and spices and add half of this to the creamed mixture. Combine fruits and nuts and dredge with remaining flour mixture. Stir this into batter . Drop from teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 300 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, depending on size of cookies. These cookies should be made well in advance of the holidays as they ripen like fruitcake. Makes: 8 dozen

Nutritional Information:

56 Calories (kcal); 3g Total Fat; (45% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 5mg Cholesterol; 7mg Sodium