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Date Pinwheel Cookies
Author/Submitted by:
Servings: 4
Categories:
Cookies
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Desserts
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Holidays
Ingredients: 1/2
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Butter 1/2
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Margarine 1
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Sugar 1
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Brown sugar 2
Eggs 1
t
Baking soda 3 3/4
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All purpose flour
-----FILLING----- 1
lb
Dates 1/2
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Sugar 1
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Water 1/2
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Chopped walnuts
Directions:
Mix dough ingredients well and make into three balls. Filling:Combine
ingredients in 2 quart saucepan and boil until dates are very soft.
Mix well and cool. Cookies:Roll each ball of dough between wax paper
to about 1/4 inch thickness. Spread with date filling and roll as a
jelly roll. Chill about 1 hour. Slice and bake at 375~ for 10 to 15
minutes. This recipe is nearly 100 years old. These cookies are great
at Christmas time.
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