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Billy Goats
Author/Submitted by: Helen Jolly (MDFD30E)
Servings: 50
Categories:
Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients: 1/2
cup
vegetable shortening 1
cup
sugar 2
large
eggs 2
teaspoons
vanilla extract 1/4
cup
sour cream 2
cups
flour 2
teaspoons
baking powder 1/2
teaspoon
baking soda 1/2
teaspoon
salt 2
teaspoons
cinnamon 1
teaspoon
ground cloves 1
teaspoon
ground allspice 2
cups
walnuts,
chopped
2
cups
dates,
finely chopped
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees, and grease some cookie
sheets. Cream the shortening and sugar together. Add the
eggs and vanilla, and beat until smooth and blended, then
beat in the sour cream. Combine the flour, baking powder,
baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and allspice, then stir
and toss them together. Add to the first mixture, and beat
until completely mixed. Add the nuts and dates, and mix
well. Drop heaping teaspoonsful of the dough about 2" apart
on the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for about 12 minutes,
until the cookies are delicately browned around the edges.
Transfer to racks to cool completely.
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