Recipe - Date-Surprise Cookies

One half cup Shortening
One half cup Sugar
2 Egg; well beaten
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 One half cup Flour
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth cup Cream (or top milk)
One half Piece unsweetened baking
chocolate squares, melted
One fourth cup Coconut flakes
3 Dozen dates
1 One half Dozen walnuts; halved

Cream shortening, sugar; add eggs, vanilla; beat. Sift flour, soda; add
alternately with cream. Divide into thirds. Add chocolate to one; coconut
to second; third, plain. Stuff dates with walnut meats, drop into batter,
coat thoroughly. Bake on a greased sheet in a moderate oven (375 degrees)
for 10 minutes.
Recipe by: Ma Garen's 1938 Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 297 by lisarl@juno.com (Lisa L
Dixon) on Nov 23, 1997