Date Pinwheels

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups chopped dates
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 3 eggs, well-beaten
• 4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 for filling: cook together dates, sugar, water for 10 min or until thick.
• 2 when cool, add nuts.
• 3 for dough: cream shortening and brown sugar.
• 4 add eggs; mix well.
• 5 sift dry ingredients together& combine with egg mixture; mix well.
• 6 divide dough into 4 parts; roll each 1/4" thick.
• 7 spread each with 1/4 of filling, roll up like a jelly roll.
• 8 cover the four'logs' and chill several hours.
• 9 slice 1/4" thick for each pinwheel.
• 10 bake 8-10 min.
• 11 at 375.