Fruit and Nut Drop Cookies

By lisapearce

Ingredients

• 1 cup shorting or margarine
• 1 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 4 small or 3 large eggs slightly beaten
• 1 1/2 cups chopped dates
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp maple flavor
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda

Preparation

Step 1

Cream shorting or margarine, add brown sugar

Add remaining dry ingredients except baking soda. Add eggs and vanilla and maple flavor. Desolve baking soda into 1/2 cup hot water and add last.

Drop from teaspoon onto treated cookie sheet.

Bake about 10 minutes at 350.