The Hungry Canary

1990 Christmas Collection · Mother’s Cookbook

Brown Sugar Drops

Contributed by Carolyn Griffis.

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup softened margarine or butter
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 3½ cups sifted flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1½ cups broken pecans
  • 2 cups candied red and green cherries, halved
  • 2 cups cut-up dates

Directions

  1. Cream butter or margarine and brown sugar, then beat in eggs.
  2. Stir in buttermilk, sifted flour, baking soda, and salt.
  3. Fold in pecans, candied cherries, and dates.
  4. Chill at least one hour. Drop teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased baking sheets.
  5. Bake 8–10 minutes at 400°F.

Kitchen and Family Notes

The original is a holiday fruit-and-nut drop cookie.

Historical recipe, not newly kitchen-tested.

Original Source

Submitted by Carolyn Griffis, Old Fashioned Christmas Recipes, Timesaver Shopping Guide, December 11, 1990, page 26.