Date pinwheel cookies
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Butter |
| ½ | cup | Margarine |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | cup | Brown sugar |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 3¾ | cup | All purpose flour |
| 1 | pounds | Dates |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| ½ | cup | Chopped walnuts |
Directions
FILLING
Mix dough ingredients well and make into three balls. Filling:Combine ingredients in 2 quart saucepan and boil until dates are very soft.
Mix well and cool. Cookies:Roll each ball of dough between wax paper to about ¼ inch thickness. Spread with date filling and roll as a jelly roll. Chill about 1 hour. Slice and bake at 375~ for 10 to 15 minutes. This recipe is nearly 100 years old. These cookies are great at Christmas time.