#2709 - Michigan Rock Cookies

(by Aunt Faye [Herman] Minier)

1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
1 tsp. cinnamon
4 eggs
3 cups flour
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
1lb. dates (chopped)
1 cup chopped English walnuts

In a mixer add white sugar, butter and Crisco--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add cinnamon, vanilla and baking soda--beat. Add flour--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add chopped dates and chopped walnuts--stir with a wooden spoon until mixed. Drop by spoonfuls on to greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.