Recipe - Hard Tack

2 Eggs
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Flour
1 cup Dates
1 cup Nuts
One fourth teaspoon Baking soda
One fourth teaspoon Salt

Beat eggs until light. Add sugar. Sift flour, salt and soda. Beat into
first mixture. Add dates and chopped nuts. Mix well and spread thin on
well oiled pan. Bake 12 minutes in hot oven. Cut in long, narrow bars.
Roll in powdered sugar.

Note: Hot oven is 425 450 F.

Source: Mrs. Pearl Mora, Chester Grange, Meigs County, OH
Originally published in Ohio State Grange Cook Book, 21st ed., Apr 1966.
Compiled by members of Ohio State Grange Home Economics Committee.

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