Date Pinwheel Cookies 100 Yr Old Recipe

1/2 c Butter

1/2 c Margarine

1 c Sugar

1 c Brown sugar

2 Eggs

1 ts Baking soda

3 3/4 c All purpose flour

---filling--- 1 lb Dates

1/2 c Sugar

1 c Water

1/2 c Chopped walnuts

` Mix dough ingredients well and make into three balls. Filling:Combine ingredients in 2 quart saucepan and boil until dates are very soft. Mix well and cool. Cookies:Roll each ball of dough between wax paper to about 1/4 inch thickness. Spread with date filling and roll as a jelly roll.

Chill about 1 hour. Slice and bake at 375~ for 10 to 15 minutes. This recipe is nearly 100 years old. These cookies are great at Christmas time.
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