Easiest Way to Make Leon Chicken Nuggets

Grandma Leone's Fruit Cake

I like to make homemade chicken nuggets as they are healthier and almost as easy as the.

Recipe Summary Grandma Leone's Fruit Cake

Don't get this cake confused with the traditional fruit cake. It is so much more. This recipe has been handed down for 3 generations and I now want to share it with all of you. Don't get nervous with all the ingredients. Everything gets hand-mixed in 1 great big bowl.

Ingredients | Leon Chicken Nuggets

3 cups water

1 ½ cups raisins

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

1 ½ tablespoons baking powder

1 tablespoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

1 pound pecan halves

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2 cups white sugar

1 ½ cups canola oil

4 eggs, beaten

3 cups candied fruit

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8x8-inch baking pans.

Bring water and raisins to a boil in a saucepan; cook until raisins are plump, about 2 minutes. Drain and cool raisins; reserve raisin water.

Mix 3 cups flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Place pecans and 2 tablespoons flour in a resealable plastic bag; close and shake bag until pecans are coated. Pour pecans into a colander and shake off excess flour.

Whisk sugar, oil, eggs, and cooled raisin water together in a bowl; fold in candied fruit. Stir flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, into sugar mixture until fully incorporated; fold in raisins and pecans. Fill the prepared pans a little over half full.

Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Lower temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C); bake until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 more hour.

You can also use one large Bundt(R) pan. I usually buy disposable aluminum pans of varying sizes and give as gifts. I have at times used 10 to 15 mini tins, serves 2!

Info | Leon Chicken Nuggets

prep: 30 mins cook: 1 hr 40 mins total: 2 hrs 10 mins Servings: 20 Yield: 20 servings

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