Recipe For Cooking Stuffed Butter Date Cookies

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Stuffed Butter Date Cookies

1 lb. soft pitted dates
48 walnut halves
1 C. (2 sticks) butter
3 C. packed brown sugar
4 eggs
2 C. sour cream
2 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring
5 C. flour
1 tea. baking powder
2 tea. baking soda

Stuff each date with walnut half. Press to hold shape.

Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, sour cream and vanilla extract or flavoring. Stir in dry ingredients. Add stuffed dates, using a tea. to dip out batter-covered dates. Place on cookie sheet, and bake at 400 degrees F for 8 to 10 min. Cool.

Frost with Butter Frosting: Heat and brown 1 stick butter. Do not burn. Stir in 2 C. powderedsugar mixed with 1/2 C. flour. Add 1 tea. vanilla extract. Add hot water to spreading consistency.