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Fruit and Nut Bar Cookies
Fruit & Nut Bar Cookies - inspired by Cadbury's Fruit and Nut candy bar, this recipe combines favorite dried fruits like cranberries or golden raisins with a double chocolate chip cookie.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Total Time 33 minutes
Servings 18 large cookies
Calories 339 kcal
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup cocoa
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2/3 cup chocolate chips
- 2/3 cup roughly chopped toasted almonds
- 2/3 cup dried fruit golden raisins, dried cranberries or strawberries or a combination of your choice
Instructions
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Cream together the butter and sugar well.
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Add the eggs and vanilla to the creamed mixture and beat until well combined.
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Sift together the cocoa, flour, baking soda, and salt.
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Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Mix well until a dough begins to form. Fold in the chocolate chips, chopped almonds and dried fruit.
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Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Dough should be cold when it goes in the oven.
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Roll the dough into about 1 1/2 inch balls.
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Place about 3 inches apart on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and flatten the balls to about half their height with the bottom of a clean drinking glass.
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Bake at 375 degrees F for about 13-15 minutes.
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Allow the cookies to cool on the pan for several minutes before placing them on a wire rack to cool completely.
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Drizzle with chocolate or dip the cookies in the chocolate ganache if desired,
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let the dipped or drizzled cookies sit on a parchment lined baking sheet until the chocolate sets.
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Store in an airtight container. Freezes well too.
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To make Chocolate Ganache for drizzling or dipping just melt together the 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1/4 cup of whipping cream.