Dream Daters Recipe

         
    2/3 c  butter
  1 1/2 c  sugar
      1 t  VANILLA
      1    egg
      1 t  baking soda
    1/4 t  salt
  2 3/4 c  flour,divided
     34 c  milk
      1 c  dates,cut up
    1/2 c  nuts,chopped
           topping
      2 T  butter
  1 1/2 c  powdered sugar

Cream butter & sugar.  Add vanilla & egg.  Beat.  Sift dry
ingredients and add alternately with milk to butter mixture.  Stir in
dates & nuts using two tablespoons of the flour to coat the dates.
Drop by rounded teaspoonsful onto greased baking sheet.  Bake at 350
degrees for about 15 minutes.

Topping: Brown butter add sugar and enough hot water to make spreading
easy.  Frost cookies when cooled.

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Drop Molasses Cookies
        
  1 1/2    butter
      1 c  sugar
      4 T  molasses
      1    egg
      2 c  flour
      2 t  baking powder
      1 t  cinnamon
      1 T  cloves,Ground
    1/2 t  ginger,Ground
           additional sugar for coating

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Cream together butter & 1 cup sugar.  Add molasses & egg & beat well.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, & ginger &
add to butter mixture.  Stir until well mixed.  Roll into small balls,
no bigger than walnuts, dip each ball in sugar & place 2 inches apart
on a greased cookie sheet.  Bake 15 to 18 minutes.  Cool on wire racks.

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