—Laneaster Farming, Saturday, December 16,1967
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For the
Farm Wife and Family
By Mrs, Richard C. Speuce, Food Editor
DATE COOKIES ARE YUMMY!
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2 egg’s
1 cup sifted 'confectioners
sugar
3 tafefespobns shortening
ih^ted
% cup sifted flour
IV2 teaspdons baking powder
1 teaSpOOn salt
IV 4 cup dates, chopped (8-oz
package)
X cup s'emi-sweet chocolate
morsels
1 cup dipped nuts 3
y 2 cup finely-chdpped, mixed 1
candied fruit 1
Beat eggs till foamy. Beat 17,4
confectioners sugar in gradual- ,
ly Add Shortening and mix till i
blended Sift together the floui.
baking powder, and salt and Cream together butter or
stir in Stir in the dates choco- margarine and 2 cups sugar uh
late morsels, nuts, and candied til light and fluffy Add eggs,
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fruit Spread in greased
Ineh jpan Bake at 325 ‘degree's
for 35 to 40 minutes tool: out
into -2xl-mch bars Makes 48
bars
b\S%-!t%CAN BARS
cup butter or margarine
cups sugar
eggs
teaspoon baking soda
teaspoons water
Boz pkg. dates, cut up
cups salted flour
teaspoon cinnamon
teaspoon nutmeg
teaspbon grbuWd cloved
Dash of salt
cup chopped pecans
tablespoons sugar
one at a time, beating well af- powder and salt; add alternate
ter each addition. Combine bak- ly with buttermilk beginning
ing soda and water, and Iblend and ending with dry mgredi
into creamed mixture. Add ents. Chill several hours for
dates. Sift together flour, cm- ease in handling. On lightly
namon, nutmeg, cloves and salt, floured board, roll dough to
and add gradually to creamed %-inch thickness; cut into
mixture Blend in pecans. * rounds using a 2-inch diameter
Chill dough several hours or cutter. ‘Place on buttered bak
overhight to make it easier to mg sheets; top with Vs teaspoon
handle. On lightly floured date filling. Reroll dough and
board shape dough into approx- cut small stars; place on top of
imately 10 rolls, each about 10 date filling. Bake in preheated
inches long and % inch in di- 350 degree oven 10-12 minutes
ameter. Place 2 rolls on each or until lightly browned; re
greased baking sheet and press move to wire racks to cool,
with-fingers to flatten to % inch Makes 4-5 dozen cookies,
■thickness Sprinkle with remain- " ” *
ing,sugar. Bake 15-18 minutes POLKA-DATER SQUARES
at 350 degrees While hot, make 1 £- oz . p kg dates, chopped
diagonal slices IVs inches apart (iy 4 cups)
to form bars. Cool on wire rack, 1 cup (boiling water
Makes 5-6 dozen bars. 1 teaspoon baking soda
t * - - * 1% cups sifted flour
COOKIES '1 teaspoon salt
FILLING: 1 CU P sugar
Vs cup sugar % cup shortening
1 tablespoon flour 1 teaspoon grated orange
.% etip water
1 cup chopped dates 2 e 2Ss
Dash of salt 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate'
% teaspoon grated lemon rind morsels
% cup chopped walnuts % CU P chopped nuts
toOUGH: Combine dates, boiling wa-
Vs cup (1 stick) butter ter and baking soda in bowl
1 cup firmly packed light and set aside. Sift together the''
brown sugar flour and salt and set aside
1 egg Combine sugar, shortening, and
1 teaspoon vanilla grated orange rind and blend
2Vt cups sifted regular all-pur- well. Beat in 2 eggs Blend in
pose flour flour mixture alternately with
1 teaspoon baking powder date mixture. Pour into well-
Vs teaspoon salt greased and lightly-floured 13x
Vi cup buttermilk 9x2-inch pan Sprinkle the cho-
For Filling: In a saucepan eol , ate m ? lsels and «*»PP ed
mix together sugar and flour; ?J er *° P- ‘Bake at
add water dates, salt, lemon 3do f ° r . 35 40 Imn '
rind and Walnuts Cook over " te * C O .? cut mto 2 sluares
medium heat, stirring constant- Makes 24 squai es
ly until thick. Set aside and
cool to room temperature while DATE DROPS
preparing dough. For Dough: V 2 cup shortening
Cream together butter and sug- % cup packed brown sugar
ar until light and fluffy; add egg 2 eggs
and vanilla and beat thorough- 14 cup milk
ly. Sift together flour, baking IV2 cups sifted flour
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1 'teaspoon baking powder
1 cup quick-cooking rolled
oats
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup chopped pitted dates
Cream shortening and sugar.
Add eggs and milk and com
bine well. Sift together dry in
gredients and add gradually.
Add rolled oats, nuts and dates.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a
baking sheet. Bake in a model’;
ate oven (350 degrees) 15 to 20
minutes. Makes 3 dozen cookies.
STUFFED DATE DROPS
3Vz dozen pitted dates
Vs cup walnut pieces
14 cup Putter
% cup 'brown sugar, packed
Vz teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
V< teaspoon salt
IVi cups sifted all-purpose
flour
% teaspoon baking powder
Vz teaspoon soda
Vz cup cultured sour cream
Stuff dates with walnut piec
es. Cream butter; add sugar
gradually; beat in vanilla and
egg Blend in sifted dry in
gredients and sour cream alter
nately, stir dates into batter.
Drop from teaspoon onto greas
ed cooky sheets; allow one date
for each cooky (Bake at 375 de
grees T 2 to 15 minutes Makes
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