Date Nut Pinwheel Cookies
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Nancy
Harrison
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INGREDIENTS:
DATE
FILLING
2 1⁄4 cups dates
1cup sugar
1cup water
1cup
nuts
COOKIE
DOUGH
1cup shortening
2cups brown sugar
3eggs,
well beaten
4cups flour
DIRECTIONS
Date
Filling:
Combine
dates, sugar and water in a pan and cook until thick (about 10 mins.).
Add
nuts to mixture, mix, and let cool. Set aside.
Cookie
Dough:
Cream
shortening and add brown sugar gradually.
Add
eggs and beat well. Add to the other ingredients, and mix.
Divide
into 2 parts and make 2 round balls.
Chill
for 1 hr., or until ready to bake.
Preheat
oven to 375.
Make 4
balls from the 2 lg. balls of dough.
Roll
out dough to 1/4" thick, and spread date mixture all over the top to the
edge of the dough.
Roll
into logs.
Cut
into slices 1/4" thick, and place on greased cookie sheet.
Bake in
375 oven for 10-12 minutes.
Cool on
cookie racks and store in a plastic container with lid, or a cookie tin.
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