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"Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a single perfect bite."--Ruth Reichl

Grandma Zephra Sproul's Date Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 c. butter
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 egg
2 c. flour
2 t. baking powder
1/2 t, salt
1 t. cinnamon
1 c. dates, cut into pieces
1/2 c. nuts, chopped
1/2 t. vanilla
1/4 c. milk
Directions:
Directions:
Stir all ingredients together, drop by spoonfuls on cookie sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes in 350º oven.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This recipe came from our grandmother, Zephra Sproul who married our grandfather, Charles Barrett Sproul; the man our son Barret Charles Mack (Barry) is named after.
They were parents to Verda, Letha, Mildred, Maxine and Sally. LEM

 

 

 

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