This recipe came from a lovely lady from Pennsylvania, she said kids love them. Thanks.
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups of brown sugar
3 cups of flour
3 eggs
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup of maraschino cherries
3 cups of chopped dates
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 nutmeg
1 tsp.soda in scant 1/4 cup hot cherry juice
Cream butter well add sugar adding one egg at a time and beat
Sift flour part over cherries add walnut and dates, cinnamon, nutmeg and the rest of flour and juice alternately with flour.
Drop in teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheets Bake at 350 for 10 mins.
When almost cool shake in bag of icing sugars.
2 comments:
I will have to put these on my baking list for Xmas.
I made these yesterday and substituted half the dates for raisins. They are delicious.
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