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Overnight Date Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp mapleine
3 eggs
3½ cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cream of tarter
½ tsp. salt
1 cup walnuts
1 cup dates
Directions:
Directions:
Cram butter and sugars until smooth. Add eggs vanilla and mapleine and blend well. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, soda, cream of tartar and salt. Add to sugar mixture. Stir in walnuts and dates.

Form into 2 rolls. Allow to chill overnight in refrigerator. Working with small amount of dough at a time, slice into think slices. Bake at 375º for few minutes. (If more than few minutes required for crisp cookie, increase temperature to 400º)

If a softer cookie is preferred, can be cooked immediately by dropping dough by spoonful on parchment paper lined pan. Bake at 375º for 6-8 minutes or until browned.

 

 

 

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