Date Drop Cookies I

ingredients

• servings: 3
• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 5 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups dates, pitted and chopped
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts

recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (180 degrees c).
• combine margarine or butter, salt, and vanilla; blend well. add sugar and cream well. beat eggs and blend into mixture.
• sift flour with soda and add to the creamed mixture, alternately with the milk. mix thoroughly.
• stir in dates and nuts.
• drop from teaspoon and flatten with glass covered with damp cloth. sprinkle with sugar.
• bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. cool and enjoy.