holiday cookie #4
when mom made these a few years ago, i enjoyed them so much that i asked for the recipe. the name of the cookie, according to the recipe? mrs. claus's cookies, "rumored to be one of santa's favorites." i happen to know that the santa of my childhood strongly prefers oreos, so i have unilaterally renamed them — the candied fruit and rum in them coupled with their chewy texture make fruitcake cookies a much more accurate name.