Cherokee Date Rocks

Name: Cherokee Date Rocks
Ingredients: 34 lb butter, softened; 1 12 cups firmly packed light brown sugar; 3 eggs, the yolks separated from the whites, and the whites stiffly beaten; 1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in; 2 teaspoons water; 4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted with; 1 teaspoon ground allspice, and; 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon; 12 lb dates, pitted and chopped (about 1 2/3 cups); 12 lb pecans (about 2 cups) or 12 lb walnuts, coarsely chopped (about 2 cups); superfine sugar

11 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

34 lb butter, softened
1 12 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
3 eggs, the yolks separated from the whites, and the whites stiffly beaten
1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in
2 teaspoons water
4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted with
1 teaspoon ground allspice, and
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
12 lb dates, pitted and chopped (about 1 2/3 cups)
12 lb pecans (about 2 cups) or 12 lb walnuts, coarsely chopped (about 2 cups)
superfine sugar

Directions

1

Cream the butter and brown sugar, and add the egg yolks and baking soda.
2

Combine the sifted flour mixture with the butter mixture.
3

Fold the egg whites into the batter and, last of all, fold in the dates and nuts.
4

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto well-buttered baking sheets, leaving about 3 inches between the mounds.
5

Bake in a preheated 375F oven for 15 to 18 minutes, or until the cookies are done in the center.
6

Do not cook them too long or they will be as hard as their name implies.
7

Remove the cookies from the baking sheets with a spatula and dust them with superfine sugar.
8

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