Recipe - Date Swirls

FILLING
2 cup Chopped dates
1 cup Water
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Chopped nuts
2 teaspoon Lemon juice

DOUGH
1 cup Butter or margarine
1 cup Packed brown sugar
1 cup Sugar
3 Eggs
1 teaspoon Lemon extract
4 cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Salt
Three fourths teaspoon Baking soda

In a saucepan, combine filling ingredients. Cook over MediumLow heat,
stirring constantly, until mixture becomes stiff, about 1520 minutes.
Chill. For dough, cream butter and sugars in a mixing bowl. Add eggs, one
at a time, beating well after each addition. Add extract. Combine flour,
salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Chill
for at least 1 hour. On a lightly floured surface, roll out half of the
dough to a 12x9" rectangle, about 1/4" thick. Spread with half of the
filling. Roll up, starting with the long end. Repeat with remaining dough
and filling. Wrap with plastic wrap. Chill overnight. Cut rolls into 1/4"
slices. Place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375 F. for
810 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. MC formatting by
bobbi744@sojourn.com

Recipe by: Taste of Home Magazine, Dec/Jan '94, p. 63

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #463 by Roberta Banghart
bobbi744@sojourn.com on Feb 01, 1997.