Cookie Recipes - Date-Nut Roll Cookies

RecipesFromScratch.com

Homemade Recipes. Comfort Food. Home Cooking. Tasty recipes

Search by recipe or ingredient

Search Recipes by the first letter or search by Category

Date-Nut Roll Cookies

2 cups of brown sugar
1 cup of shortening
3 eggs, well beaten
4 cups of enriched flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
Filling

Filling ingredients:
2 packages (8 ounces) of dates, chopped
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of water
1 cup of chopped pecans
1/4 cup of chopped candied cherries
1/4 cup of chopped candied pineapple

To make filling:
In a saucepan, cook dates, sugar, and water over low heat for 10 minutes. Stir in nuts, cherries, and pineapple; let cool.

To make cookies:
In a large bowl, cream sugar, shortening, and eggs; set aside. In another bowl, sift together flour, salt,
and baking soda. Blend into creamed mixture and mix well. Divide dough into 4 parts; roll each out to
1/4 inch thickness, and spread filling over all. Roll up each part, wrap in wax paper, and chill in
refrigerator several hours. Cut in 1/4 inch slices and bake on a ungreased cookie sheet in a preheated 375ºF. oven for 12 minutes. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Back to home page

Amish - Appetizers - Apricots - Baked Beans - Beverages - Bisque - Breads - Casseroles - Chicken - Coffee Cake - Coleslaw - Cooking, Food, & Wine Books - Cookies - Couscous - Crumb Cake - Deep Fryer - Dips, Sauces, & Salsa - Desserts - Dressing/Stuffing - Dutch Oven/Cast Iron - Eggplant - Eggs - Ethnic & Regional - Fish - Halloween - Ham - Holiday Recipes - Kid Favorites - Low Fat Store & Recipes - Meatloaf - Meats - Microwave - Mousse - Muffins - Mussels - All Things Pasta! - Potato Salad - Pound cake - Puddings - Quick n Easy - Salads - Slow Cooker - Thanksgiving & Christmas - Veal - Vegetables - Weight Watchers    View All Categories Privacy Policy

                       Like Us

Tweet