Categories: Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups melted butter
- 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 beaten eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups dried mixed fruit chopped with 2 Tablespoons flour
- 3 cups flour
Directions
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DO NOT preheat oven—this dough must chill before baking.
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Melt the butter in a microwave-safe bowl on HIGH for 2 1/2 minutes. Add the brown sugar and mix it up. Let it cool for several minutes. When the mixture is warm to the touch, but not hot, add the beaten eggs, baking powder, and vanilla.
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Chop the dried mixed fruit. This is easy with a food processor and the steel blade. Just drop in the fruit (I used peaches, apples, pears, and apricots) and sprinkle the 2 Tablespoons of flour on top. Pulse until the fruit is finely chopped, adding a bit more flour if it starts to “gum” up. Measure out a cup and a half of chopped fruit.
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Add the fruit to your mixing bowl and stir it in. Then add the flour, one cup at a time, stirring after each addition.
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Place the dough in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to firm up. Then divide into 4 parts. Using waxed paper, roll each part into a log approximately 2 inches in diameter. (If the dough is too sticky, return it to the refrigerator and let it chill for another ten minutes.) Wrap the logs in fresh sheets of waxed paper, stick them in a plastic bag, and store them in your refrigerator for at least 4 hours. (Overnight is fine, too—Heavenly Tea Cookie dough will keep up to a week in your refrigerator.)
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When you’re ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375°F, rack in the center position.
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Take out a roll of dough, (just one—its’ easier to work with when it’s chilled) unwrap it, and roll it on the counter again if the bottom has flattened in the refrigerator. Cut quarter-inch thick slices with a sharp knife and place them on a greased cookie sheet, 12 to a standard-sized sheet. Return the unused dough to the refrigerator. Bake the cookies at 375°F for 10 minutes or until nicely browned.
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Cool one or two minutes on the sheet and then transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.