WIEMERS
HERITAGE RECIPE |
Recipe
No. 001 |
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Name
of Dish: |
Date
Cookies |
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| Submitted
By: |
Dawn
M. Shaw |
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| Source
of Recipe: |
May
Wiemers Davis (my Mother) |
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STORY BEHIND THE DISH:
The recipe was given to my mother by a parishioner, Mrs. Gill, when we lived in Dilley, Texas (about 1935). Since I was in the 2nd grade, it has been a favorite.
| INGREDIENTS: | |
| 1
cup brown sugar |
1 tsp vanilla |
1
cup white sugar |
3
cups flour |
1
cup Crisco |
1
tsp salt |
3
eggs,
well beaten |
1
lb chopped dates |
1
tsp baking soda dissolved in
3 Tbls hot water |
1
cup nuts |
DIRECTIONS:
Cream sugars & Crisco. Add eggs. Beat well. Add dissolved baking soda/water mix. Add vanilla. Add flour, salt, dates, & nuts. Mix. Drop by teaspoon on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 9-12 minutes at 360 F. (Watch carefully after 9 minutes.) Alternatively, the dough can be spread in a pan for bars and baked for about 20 minutes.