Recipe - Rock Cookies

2/3 cup Butter
1 cup Brown sugar
2 Eggs
2 cup Flour
1 One half teaspoon Cinnamon
One half teaspoon Cloves
1 teaspoon Baking powder*
8 ounce Raisins
8 ounce Chopped dates
1 cup Chopped nuts

* dissolved in a little warm water

This mildly spicy cookie will be a big hit with everyone who loves fruit
and nuts.

Preheat oven to 375ø.

In a large bowl, cream butter with sugar and eggs until fluffy. In a
separate bowl, sift flour with cinnamon and cloves. Slowly beat flour into
butter and sugar. Add the dissolved baking soda. Stir in raisins, dates and
nuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375ø for
79 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack.

Yield: 4 dozen. Maria Bappert, Food Editor, The Good News Weekly, Chicago,
IL

Randy Shearer

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini