Refrigerator cookies
32 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Butter or Margarine |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 2 | teaspoons | Vanilla |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| dash | Salt | |
| 1 | cup | Flour |
| 1 | cup | Dates, unsugared, chopped |
| 1 | cup | Coconut, shredded |
| 1 | cup | Walnuts or Pecans |
Directions
Cream butter, egg and vanilla until mixed and fluffy. Beat in dry ingredients gradually mixing well after each addition. Mix in dates, coconut and 1/ c of the nuts. Form dough into two 1-½ inch logs.
Roll logs into remaining nuts (¼ c each). Wrap in waxed paper and chill (or freeze) until firm enough to slice. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Slice cookies ¼ inch thick and place on a nonstick cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes until light golden brown. Cool on wire racks.
2 cookies = 1 fat, ½ fruit, ¼ brd, 95 cal. carbs = 11½, pro = 1, f = 5
Approved by the Diabetes Assoc.