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Date pinwheel cookies (100 yr-old recipe)

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c Butter
• 1/2 c Margarine
• 1 c Sugar
• 1 c Brown sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 ts Baking soda
• 3 3/4 c All purpose flour MMMMM--------------------------FILLING-------------------------------
• 1 lb Dates
• 1/2 c Sugar
• 1 c Water
• 1/2 c Chopped walnuts

Instructions:

Mix dough ingredients well and make into three balls. Filling:Combine ingredients in 2 quart saucepan and boil until dates are very soft. Mix well and cool. Cookies:Roll each ball of dough between wax paper to about 1/4 inch thickness. Spread with date filling and roll as a jelly roll. Chill about 1 hour. Slice and bake at 375~ for 10 to 15 minutes. This recipe is nearly 100 years old. These cookies are great at Christmas time.

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