2    Sticks butter or margarine
1 1/2 c  Brown sugar
3 c  Flour
1 ts Baking soda
1 lb Candied cherries, chopped
1 lb Candied pineapple, chopped
1 lb Dates, chopped
6 c  Pecans, chopped
1/2 c  Buttermilk
3    Eggs, well beaten
2 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Vanilla
1 ts Allspice
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1/2 ts Cloves
1 ts Salt

Cream butter & sugar. Add eggs. Sift dry ingredients together and add
alternately with milk to sugar/butter/eggs mixture. Pour batter into
chopped fruits and nuts. Mix. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet
and bake 25 min. in a 300 degree oven. Do not burn.