Gumdrop Cookies

Makes: 6 dozen
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup quick or old fashioned oats, uncooked
1 cup chopped assorted fruit
Beat together butter, sugars, egg nd vanilla until creamy. Mix and sift [...]

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Frosted Cranberry Orange Drops (from Land O’Lakes)

Cookies:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup honey
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup dried cranberries
Frosting:
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1 to 3 tablespoons orange juice
Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine all cookie ingredients EXCEPT cranberries in large mixer [...]

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Apricot Cookies

Serves/Makes – 5 dozen cookies
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cut apricot preserves
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
Powdered sugar
Combine coconut, preserves and pecans, mix well and set aside. Cream butter, add sour cream and salt, mixing well. Gradually stir in flour.
Divide dough into fourths. Wrap in foil and chill at [...]

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