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Great Dipping Cookies

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Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened
¾ cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 T orange zest
1 T orange-flavor liqueur
2¼ cups all-purpose flour
1½ t baking powder
¼ t salt
1 t cinnamon
¼ cup diced Traina dried Cranberries or Traina Tart Cherries
¾ cup walnuts, toasted and chopped
¼ cup chocolate pieces

Directions

Preheat oven to 350˚

Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in eggs. Stir in the orange zest and orange liqueur. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and spices. Stir into the creamed mixture. Add fruit, nuts and chocolate.

On a lightly floured surface, working with ½ the dough, roll each piece into a log approximately 1½” x 10” long. Bake logs on parchment paper lined cookie sheet for 20-25 minutes.

Cool for 15 minutes, then slice each log crosswise, at a diagonal into ½” slices. Return to baking sheet cut size down to toast for 10 minutes. Reverse cookie and return to oven to toast opposite side.

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The Best Ever Chocolate Fruit Oatmeal Cookie

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Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened
½ cup margarine, softened
1¼ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup sugar
2 eggs
2 t milk
1 t vanilla
1¾ cup all-purpose flour
1 t baking soda
1/2t salt
2½ cups quick-cooking oats
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts
½ cup Traina Baker’s Fruit Medley, hydrated then drained well

Directions

Preheat oven to 375˚.

Beat margarine and sugars together until creamy. Add eggs, milk and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in oats, chocolate chips nuts and dried fruit. Use a tablespoon to drop dough onto a parchment covered cookie sheet.

Bake 9-10 minutes.

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