dessert recipes

Date Cookies


cookies

3 each eggs
4 cup flour; sifted
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream tartar
3/4 cup lard and butter
1 cup nuts
1 cup dates; seeded - chopped
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar; white

Mix flour, cream tartar and soda. Combine remaining ingredients, mix. Let stand over night. Slice and bake in morning. Note: No time or temperature given. Assume a 375 F. oven. Source: Mrs. S. A. Schlup, Mifflin Grange, Wyandot County, OH