Texas Christmas Cookies

Name: Texas Christmas Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 13 dozen
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 2 cups sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 lbs nuts, chopped; 1 1/2 cups melted butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine; 1 lb raisins; 1 lb dates, chopped; 1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in; hot water; 3 cups flour

Submitted by Connie K

"If you like a lightly spiced batter clinging to chunks of walnuts, dates and raisins, this cookie is for you! A friend brought this recipe to a cookie exchange, and it became an immediate family favorite. I've baked them every year since. It makes a big batch - 13 dozen - but I haven't tried to halve the recipe as they are too popular! You can decrease the amount a sugar a bit if using pre-chopped dates."

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photo by MA HIKER

Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 13 dozen

ingredients

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground cloves
2 lbs nuts, chopped
1 ¹⁄₂ cups melted butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine
1 lb raisins
1 lb dates, chopped
1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in
hot water
3 cups flour

directions

Preheat oven 325F or 350°F Beat eggs well; Gradually add sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nuts, butter, raisins, dates, baking soda and flour, in order; Mix thoroughly.
Drop by teaspoons onto ungreased baking sheet.
Bake in slow oven: 12 minutes at 350F or 15 minutes at 325F for a softer cookie.

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Reviews

Very good - a not too sweet wonderful texture cookie. I used 1 3/4 cups sugar because I used the pre-chopped dates. I could have kept it at 2 cups but they are still good. I would increase the spice too - maybe do a pumpkin pie spice to experiment. A nice big batch too - great for my church's cookie walk!

MA HIKER
I made these last Christmas and the are really good cookies. Family just loved them.

Jade2