Cookie Recipes
Sour Cream Date Dreams
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2/3 cup chopped dates
- Walnut halves
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet.
- Cream together shortening, sugar and vanilla extract.
- Add egg; mix well.
- Sift together dry ingredients and add to shortening mixture alternately with sour cream.
- Stir in dates.
- Drop by teaspoonsful onto prepared cookie sheet.
- Top each with a walnut half and bake for about 8 to 10 minutes.
Attribution
Women's Circle Home Cooking