Date And Nut Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup shortening (i use butter)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups nuts, chopped
• 2 cups dates, pitted and chopped
• 1 orange, grated rind of it
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 1/2 cups flour, sifted
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 cream sugar and shortening. add eggs and cream further.
• 3 add nuts, dates and orange.
• 4 sift remaining ingredients together.
• 5 add sifted to creamed gradually.
• 6 drop by teaspoon full on silpat lined sheets.
• 7 bake 12-15 minutes.
• 8 store in an airtight container with a couple wedges of apple. this keeps the cookies nice and soft. or do like me and keep the dough in the fridge only cooking what i want to eat.