Christmas Fruitcake
1 lb candied pineapple, diced
1 lb candied cherries
1 lb pitted dates, cut
7 cups broken pecans
1 cup presifted flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp allspice
2 cups condensed milk
1 cup moist flaked coconut
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line a two 2 pound loaf pans with parchment
paper. Grease the paper. In a mixing bowl, combine the pineapple, cherries,
dates and pecans Sift together the flour, salt and spices over the fruit mixture.
Add the milk and coconut; mix thoroughly. Spoon into pans. Bake in the preheated
oven for 1 1/4 hours. Remove from pans; cool on a wire rack. Wrap in aluminum
foil, for up to 1 year.