Fruit Cake Slice and Bake Cookies

This is one of my all time favorite Christmas cookies. The candied cherries make them sparkle.

Posted December 06, 2015 by Susan C.

Great cookies. Have made them before using another recipe. This one is much easier. Am going to experiment with different fruits and nuts.

Posted November 25, 2015 by Marian R.

I leave the candied fruit out, put the coconut in the cookies, double the pecans & dust with powdered sugar when they come out of the oven. Delicious!!! Brenda D.

Posted December 17, 2014 by Brenda

Te recipe made about 60 cookies and the timing was way off. Had to cover them with foil towards the end since they were still doughy and the coconut was getting too browned. Great tasting!

Posted December 02, 2014 by Rose

I love this recipe make it every year for my cookie trays. The only thing I do to make it more festive is color the coconut in red and green.

Posted December 14, 2013 by Patrice

I love this Recipe--my Mom used to make these when I was a kid. However i have altered the Recipe you thought it couldn't get any better eh! Well rather than the Green and Red cherries mentioned in the Recipe I used some Fruit Cake Fruit its Cherries and other goodness. and I used 1 cup of chopped pecans then added 2 tablespoons of Gentleman Jack Tennessee Bourbon, and 1 table spoon of Cocunut Extract. The dough was a bit sticky so I added about 3/4 cup more flour. The changes took them over the top I love these cookies.

Posted December 19, 2012 by Eric

These cookies were delicious and easy to make. I froze the dough (even with the coconut on the outside) and the cookies still tasted really good. They lasted over 2 weeks frozen in the freezer. They cook well even slightly frozen. They are fun to make and the colors are beautiful. I used red and green cherries.

Posted January 22, 2012 by Kendra

We love this cookie. I make them every Christmas and they are always a big hit. They disappear fast.

Posted December 25, 2011 by Sharron

It's a holiday favorite at our house. Just enough flavors to off-set the other sugary cookies.

Posted December 20, 2011 by Jane

Easy to make, festive looking and they taste good.

Posted December 02, 2011 by Margaret

My family has been making these for almost 20 years and honestly, they are a family favorite and will be for years to come.

Posted November 29, 2011 by Paula

Good but, I much prefer them made with cranberries rather than cherries.

Posted December 03, 2010 by Doobie

They were tasty. I was hoping the coconut would stick better to the outside of the log before it was sliced (unless I did something wrong). I didn't use dried cherries, used marachino (patted dry). They looked cute.

Posted November 30, 2010 by nancy c.

I have made these many times and they are great. The last few times I added some mini-chocolate chips and rolled them in crushed potato chips instead of the coconut and they were a huge hit.

Posted November 14, 2010 by Monica C.

I have made these the past 3 years and they have become a family favorite! It's a new holiday tradition.

Posted December 11, 2008 by Theresa

I really like this cookie, but I personally do not like putting the type of dried fruits they as you to put in. I used natural dried fruits (not candied fruit) the second time I made these and the taste was so much better. Had more compliments on them as well!

Posted December 07, 2008 by Kimber

these were very easy to make and they taste delicious ..will make again

Posted December 04, 2008 by Dana

Used this as my cookie for a cookie exchange with my family. Several people liked it enough to ask for the recipe. This easy to make cookie looks and tastes good. I fillowed the recipe and had no problems.

Posted November 24, 2008 by Frank

Rolled the cookies out and cut them out into a star shape. Sold very well at cookie walk. Others wanted the recipe!

Posted November 18, 2008 by Marcia

Good, but others are so much better

Posted September 14, 2008 by DJ