Fruit Drops Florentine

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 2 1/4 cups flour, divided
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup slivered almonds
• 1/2 cup chopped candied red cherries
• 1/2 cup chopped green glazed cherries
• 2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 teaspoons shortening

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375*.
• 2 in a large bowl cream shortening and butter until well blended.
• 3 add 1 cup flour, sugar, eggs, baking soda and vanilla.
• 4 mix well.
• 5 stir in almonds and cherries.
• 6 beat until combined, then stir in remaining 1-1/4 cups flour.
• 7 drop batter by teaspoons 2 inches apart onto an ungreased baking sheet.
• 8 bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden.
• 9 cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before transfering to wire racks. makes 52 cookies using 1 1/2 in cookie scoop
• 10 in a small saucepan, combine chocolate chips and the 2 teaspoons shortening.
• 11 cook over low heat to melt, stirring until smooth.
• 12 drizzle over cookies.