Date-surprise cookies
36 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Shortening |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | Egg; well beaten | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| 1½ | cup | Flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ¼ | cup | Cream (or top milk) |
| ½ | Piece unsweetened baking chocolate squares, melted | |
| ¼ | cup | Coconut flakes |
| 3 | Dozen dates | |
| 1½ | Dozen walnuts; halved | |
Directions
Cream shortening, sugar; add eggs, vanilla; beat. Sift flour, soda; add alternately with cream. Divide into thirds. Add chocolate to one; coconut to second; third, plain. Stuff dates with walnut meats, drop into batter, coat thoroughly. Bake on a greased sheet in a moderate oven (375 degrees) for 10 minutes.
Recipe by: Ma Garen's 1938 Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 297 by lisarl@... (Lisa L Dixon) on Nov 23, 1997