Instructions: * Or, to cut cost, can use 2 cups mixed candied fruits

Cream butter and sugar. Beat eggs slightly and add to butter and sugar. Sift flour and salt together, then fold into creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla.

Grease a 9x13-inch pan, sprinkle chopped nuts on bottom, and add batter. Sprinkle chopped fruit over batter evenly. Bake for 1 hour at 300 degrees. Slice into bars with a damp knife while warm; let cool, then remove from pan.

NOTES : Charlene Bell of Mount Pleasant writes, "This recipe appeared in the December 1971 issue of Womans Day. I use it every year at Christmas." These cookies store well and ship well, the recipe says. (as published in the Charleston Post & Courier, Sept. 24, 2000)

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