Skidaddle Cookies

From the Laura Secord Canadian Cookbook: These cookies are frequently packed in the lunch boxes carried by hunters in New Brunswick and Southern Ontario. Posted for ZWT4

• Ready In: 56 mins
• Serves: 30
• Yields: 5 dozen

Ingredients

• 3  cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  egg
• 1  cup  fruit cocktail, well drained
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts

Directions

1. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
2. Cream together the butter, brown sugar and vanilla.
3. Beat in the egg and fruit cocktail.
4. Stir in the dry ingredients and add the walnuts.
5. Drop batter from a teaspoon about 2 inches about on a greased baking sheet. Bake in 350 oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown.