No-Bake Holiday Fruit Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or margarine
• ½ cup honey
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ½ cup Bourbon or brandy
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 lb candied fruits and peels
• 1 lb prepared mincemeat
• ½ cup chopped dates
• 1 cup walnuts
• 5 cup finely rolled graham crackers

Method

1. Cream the butter, honey, vanilla and half the Bourbon. Add the salt, candied fruits, mincemeat, dates, walnuts and crackers; stir until evenly blended.
2. Pack firmly into a waxed-paper-lined 9x5-inch loaf pan. Cover with waxed paper and refrigerate several days.
3. Before serving, moisten with the remaining Bourbon. Decorate the top with candied fruits and nuts if desired.

Notes

Yield: 12 servings.

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.

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