Black Walnut Date Drops

Ingredients

• One cup butter
• two cups dark brown sugar
• two eggs
• one-third cup cream
• one teaspoon vanilla
• one-fourth teaspoon salt
• two teaspoons cinnamon
• one teaspoon cloves
• one cup chopped dates
• one cup black walnuts
• four and one-half cups flour
• one teaspoon soda

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and cream, beat two minutes.

2. 2

   Add rest of ingredients and chill dough.

3. 3

   Drop portions onto greased cookie sheet.

4. 4

   Bake 12 minutes in moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Natchez recipes (1900), page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BLACK WALNUT DATE DROPS One cup butter, two cups dark brown sugar, two eggs, one-tliird cup cream, one teaspoon vanilla, one-fourth teaspoon salt, two teaspoons cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves, one cup chopped dates, one cup black walnuts, four and one-half cups flour, one teaspoon soda

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