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Date Nut Pinwheels Recipe
Do you feel adventuresome? We hope so. Here is an old time recipe that you
probably have never tried before.
Contributed By: From Grandma Hanley's Cookbook Collection
Yield: about 5 dozen cookies
Date Nut Pinwheel Ingredients:
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•2 1/4 cups pitted dates, cut into small pieces
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1 cup sugar
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1 cup water
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1 cup nuts, chopped (Grandma used walnuts)
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1 cup shortening
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2 cups brown sugar (firmly packed)
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3 eggs, beaten
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4 cups all purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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12 teaspoon baking soda
Date Nut Pinwheel Directions:
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In a saucepan, combine dates, sugar and water. Bring to a boil.
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Lower heat and cook for 10 minutes, until thick.
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Remove from heat.
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Stir in nuts, and set aside to cool. Then, refrigerate until ready to use.
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In a bowl, cream shortening until soft.
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Gradually, mix in brown sugar, creaming until light and fluffy.
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Add eggs, mixing well.
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Sift together flower, salt and baking soda.
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Add dry ingredients to shortening mixture in two parts. Mix well each time.
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Roll dough into a ball, and refrigerate for several hours.
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When dough is very firm, divide into two.
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Roll each dough into rectangle shape, 1/8 inch thick.
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Spread date nut mixture on top of dough.
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Roll up by the long side, like a jelly roll.
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Wrap each roll in aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight.
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Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
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Cut dough into 1/4" slices (pinwheels), and place cookies on an ungreased
cookie sheet.
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Bake 10 - 12 minutes.
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