Chinese Chewies

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup nuts
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup dates
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Sift dry ingredients three times.

2. 2

   Add well-beaten eggs and vanilla.

3. 3

   Then add chopped dates and nuts.

4. 4

   Spread in 9 x 9 cake pan and bake at 350° for 35 minutes.

5. 5

   Cut in squares while warm and roll in powdered sugar.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cook book (Relief Society, Houston, 1963) (1963) by Hardy, Joanne (Artist), page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHINESE CHEWIES Jean Hinkle 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 cup flour 1 cup nuts 1 tsp. salt 1 cup dates 1 tsp„ vanilla Sift dry ingredients three times--Add well- beaten eggs and vanilla — Then add chopped dates and nuts--Spread in 9 x 9 cake pan and bake 350° for 35 minutes--Cut in squares while warm and roll in powdered sugar. 68 CANDY BAR COOKIES Pat Sirrine 3/4 cup butter 1 tsp a vanilla 1/4 tsp. salt 3/4 cup powch sugar 2 Tbsp. evap. milk 2 cups flour Cream butter, adding powdered sugar- -Add vanilla, milk and salt--Mix well-- Blend in flour and mix- -Roll out dough, 1/2 at a time--Cut into 3x11/2" rectangles or 2" squares--Place on cookie sheet and bake 12 minutes at 32 5°-- Very lightly brown- -Cool and spread filling on top-- Decorate with pecan halves if desired. Carmel Filling 1/2 lb. light candy carmels 1/4 cup evaporated milk 1/ 4 cup butter 1 cup sifted powdered sugar 1 cup chopped pecans Combine carmels and milk in double boiler until came Is are melted-- Remove and add butter and sugar--Mix well and frost cookies. SNOW BALLS Dee Paul Mix together thoroughly: 3/4 c. butter, 6 T, powd* sugar, 2 cup flour (nice to use cake flour), 2 tsp. vanilla, 1 cup ground walnuts or pecans . Roll in small balls and bake on greased cookie sheet, 300°, for 30 minutes- -While hot, roll in powdered sugar--Cool and roll again. 69 SAND TARTS Caroline Nicol 1/2 lb0 oleo (creamed) 2 lg. Tbsp, sugar 1 cup pecans 1/2 tsp, salt 2 cups flour Mix the ingredients as written in order- -Roll in small egg shaped balls--Bake on ungreased sheet in 350° oven--When done, shake in sack with powdered sugar (best while very hot) . RAISIN CHIPS Colleen Isfeld 1 cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar 1 tsp, salt 2 1/3 cup flour 1 1/2 cup bleached raisins Mix as usual — Bake on lower rack of oven for 7 minutes at 375°--Always use bleached raisins for this recipe . JUMBO RAISIN DROP COOKIES Maxine Ellis 2 cups raisins and 1 cup water- -Boil, cool, add: 1 cup .Spry, 2 cups sugar, 1 1/2 tsp, cinnamon, 1/4 tsp, nutmeg, 3 eggs, 1 tsp. soda, 1 tsp. vanilla

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