Irish Christmas Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup softened butter not margarine
• 1 cup granulated white sugar
• 3 whole eggs beaten
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp. Salt
• ½ cup Irish whiskey
• ¼ cup golden raisins
• ¼ cup chopped almonds
• ¼ cup candied orange peel

• Preheat oven to 375
• Grease cookie sheets
• Cream butter and sugar
• Beat in eggs
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt
• Combine with butter mixture
• Gently add whiskey
• Add fruit and nuts and mix well
• Drop by spoon onto greased cookie sheets
• Bake 6-8 minutes.