Date Cookies (grandma Cookies)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup fat
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon cream
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon clove
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup ground dates
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• walnuts or pecans (for topping)

Recipe

• 1 cream fat and sugar.
• 2 add the rest of the ingredients and mix.
• 3 chill for 2 hours or longer.
• 4 break bits of dough and flatten down with glass, 3 inches apart on greased baking sheet.
• 5 flatten with knife which has been dipped in cold water.
• 6 put 1/2 walnut or pecan on top.
• 7 bake for 10 minutes in moderate oven.