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Date and Nut Pinwheel Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Filling:
1 pound pitted dates, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup walnuts, chopped
Dough:
2 cups sifted flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs beaten
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Place first three ingredients into a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly and cook 2-3 minutes or until dates are blended with other ingredients. Stir in nuts.
Sift the flour with the baking soda, salt. In a separate bowl, cream the butter and beat in the brown and granulated sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy. Stir in flour. Mix until smooth. Chill dough.
Sprinkle flour (could sprinkle with confectionary sugar instead of flour) onto a sheet of wax paper, roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thickness on this. Take the date mixture and place small dollops all across top of dough then use fingers to gently spread out. Take one edge of the wax paper and lift to start rolling the dough into a pinwheel. Once rolled up, seal the pinwheel in wax paper and freeze till firm. Remove from freezer and cut into slices, about 1/3 inch thick and lay on parchment paper covered cookie sheet. Try to use a heavy cookie sheet for this. Bake at 375º until cookies JUST start to turn golden (don't overcook), about 8 minutes. Remove parchment paper with cookies still on it from hot cookie sheet to cool. Sprinkle with confectionary sugar once cooled. Can freeze to store.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Mother made these every Christmas! Didn't appreciate then as a kid but like them a lot now. Don't overcook...want the dough part of these cookies to still be pretty light colored when pulled from oven.

 

 

 

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