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36 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Shortening
½ cup Sugar
2 Egg; well beaten
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1½ cup Flour
½ teaspoon Baking soda
¼ cup Cream (or top milk)
½ Piece unsweetened baking chocolate squares, melted
¼ cup Coconut flakes
3 Dozen dates
1½ Dozen walnuts; halved

Directions

Cream shortening, sugar; add eggs, vanilla; beat. Sift flour, soda; add alternately with cream. Divide into thirds. Add chocolate to one; coconut to second; third, plain. Stuff dates with walnut meats, drop into batter, coat thoroughly. Bake on a greased sheet in a moderate oven (375 degrees) for 10 minutes.

Recipe by: Ma Garen's 1938 Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 297 by lisarl@... (Lisa L Dixon) on Nov 23, 1997

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