This date cookie recipe goes back at least 90 years and still the best I have tasted. These cookies are addicting and delicious. I also offer many old fashioned cookie recipes for you to try at home.
OLD FASHIONED DATE COOKIES
I love these cookies and you will too once you taste these homemade morsels. Thanks Deet, I miss you. By the way, scant means "not quite" or "almost."
Filling 2 cups dates, cut up scant 3/4 cup white sugar 3/4 cup water 1/2 cup nuts, chopped
PREHEAT oven to 375 degrees and cover cookie sheets with parchment or waxed paper, curled side down.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add beaten eggs. Add the water and vanilla - beat well. Add all dry ingredients and chill one hour in refrigerator.
Filling Cook the dates with the white sugar and water until thickened. Add the 1/2 cup nuts and cool.
Drop 1 teaspoon of cookie dough (no more) on the baking sheet, and drop 1/2 teaspoon of filling on top. Cover filling with 1/2 teaspoon of cookie dough; repeat.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on parchment paper.
3/4 cup homemade mayonnaise 1/4 cup homemade cherry conserve 1/2 tsp curry powder 1/4 tsp salt 12 ounces crushed pineapple, well drained and squeezed dry 1/4 tsp lemon juice 2 cups finely chopped cooked chicken 1 cup finely diced celery 1/2 cup sliced green onion
First combine the mayonnaise, chutney, curry powder and salt. Add remaining ingredients - chill before serving.
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
I want to give you some examples of what is in the products you are eating from the grocery store.
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