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Date Nut Ice Box Cookies Recipe

Date Nut Ice Box Cookies

– 400 degrees for 8 minutes – ungreased cookie sheet

 

1 C shortening

2 C brown sugar

2 eggs

1 C nuts (chopped fine)

1 C dates (chopped fine)

 

3 ½ C flour

1 tsp soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

 

Cream shortening; add sugar gradually and cream well. Add well-beaten eggs. Add nuts and dates that have been finely chopped in food grinder.

Add vanilla. Sift flour once before measuring. Sift flour, soda, and salt together, and combine with creamed mixture with hands. Form dough into rolls 2 in. in diameter. Wrap in waxed paper and chill. Slice and bake at 400 degrees for approximately 8 min. “Approx” because you really need to watch them so they don’t burn.

These cookies can be made ahead of time, frozen and then thawed when you want to make fresh cookies.

 

Recipe given to me by Joan Moline Yates in the 1970’s. Obviously, many people these days have food processors and heavy duty mixers that can make it easier to combine the ingredients. Mom had a meat grinder and her (washed) hands. <smile>  These were my Dad’s favorite cookies (mine too!). Enjoy!

 

 

Pentimento: Changes Are Coming Soon

Changes Are Coming To Pentimento

You may see some changes to Pentimento over the next few months. I will still be writing about my everyday life, adding photos, and yakking about things I think are interesting. But, I have decided to go back to writing some adverts too. Why? Let me explain...

It's The Economy. And No, You Aren't Stupid

Going out and finding a job is just not possible for me. I need to have control over when I can work or not because, at the end of the day, I will always have fibromyalgia and there are just some days I am in so much pain I can't do anything but lay down and rest. But, I have my trusty computer, a reasonably lucid mind and spell check. I need a way to make some money to pay for my blog fees and other small incidentals. I always disclose when it's a compensated post and Pentimento won't just become a blog to sell you things. I ask for your understanding about this, and if you feel so inclined, please help me out and click a link now and then. It's appreciated, not mandatory. 

Home Improvement Update - Wilkerson House

Coming soon in following posts will be updates on some of our house projects around here. I'll tell you what products we've used and why, as well as any "light bulb" moments or "uh ohs".

• We've (as in, Jim, at this point) been working on replacing our Trex deck with a new one when the old one failed.

• We're in the midst of remodeling our only bathroom. (pictures of "before" coming soon).

• I'll probably have to do some more purging of closets and storage cabinets, all in preparation for the next major push: adding a bath/laundry room at one end of our family room. I'll have to find someplace to put all the stuff that's at that end of the room now. Ugh!

As always, thanks for visiting today and every day. You guys are the best.

Red Maple Fall 2009

Red Maple Fall 2009,
originally uploaded by webduckie.

Fall is here...again! This picture was taken just a few days ago and since then the tree has turned even more orange and has lost most of those leaves. I just love my little tree, don't you?