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     Title: YULETIDE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Holiday, Chocolate
     Yield: 54 servings

          -Dottie Cross TMPJ72B
   1/2 c  Butter or margarine, softene
   2/3 c  Packed brown sugar, firmly p
     1 ts Brandy flavoring
     3 tb Dark corn syrup
     1    Egg
     1 c  Diced candied mixed fruit
 1 1/3 c  Flour
     1 ts Pumpkin pie spice
   3/4 ts Baking powder
   1/4 ts Salt
     1 pk (6 ozs) Ghiradelli Semi-Swee
          -Chocolate Chips
   1/3 c  Chopped pecans
   1/3 c  Slivered almonds
   1/3 c  Currants
    14    Red candied cherries; quarte

 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter with brown sugar, brandy
 flavoring, and corn syrup; add egg and beat until very light. Coat candied
 fruit with 1 tablespoon of the flour; set aside. Sift remaining flour with
 pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt. Stir dry ingredients into
 creamed mixture. Add fruit, chocolate chips, pecans, almonds, and currants.
 Chill dough 1 hour. Drop by heaping teaspoon onto greased baking sheet. Top
 each cookie with piece of cherry. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on rack.
 Store in covered containers several days to soften and age. Makes 4-1/2
 dozen cookies. Source: The 47 Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the World
 Cookbook Reformatted by: CYGNUS, HCPM52C

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