b'Christmas Fruit Biscuitsby Magdaleen K| United Kingdom (South Africa)Why is it special?This is a recipe my mom made for Christmas time. It just brings a lot of happy Christmas-time memories to mind.Be warned though: They are extremely addictive!Ingredients250g butter or margarine200ml (3/4 cup) sugar2 extra-large eggs, beaten500g dried fruit mix125ml (1/2 cup) chopped nuts 15ml (1 tablespoon) brandy5ml vanilla flavouring2 x 200g packets of Tennis Biscuits (replace with shortbread or Coconut Biscuits if you live outside South Africa and you dont know Tennis Biscuits) Method1. Melt the butter and sugar together in a pot on the stove. Remove from the heat and let it cool down, before gradually adding the eggs. 2. Beat well, and then add the dried fruit mix to the pot. Put it back on the heat and boil for roughly 5 mins. Stir repeatedly until is honey-coloured. Remove from the heat again, and add the nuts,brandy and vanilla. 3. Crush 16 to 20 Tennis biscuits (or alternative) and add to the mix.4. Place a layer of the uncrushed biscuits in a medium sized, greased pan. (When I replace it withshortbread, I also crush the layer that goes in the bottom to make it a thinner layer, and I add a bitof melted butter to bind the crumbs.) 5. Pour the hot fruit mixture over the biscuits, and place in the fridge until it has set. 6. Cut it into squares and store it in an airtight container in the fridge ready for any occasion. (Makes roughly 40 squares)36'