Date Cookies

Ingredients:

3 ea Eggs

4 c Flour; sifted

1 ts Baking soda

1 ts Cream tartar

3/4 c Lard and butter

1 c Nuts

1 c Dates; seeded - chopped

1 c Brown sugar

1 c Sugar; white

Mix flour, cream tartar and soda.

Combine remaining ingredients, mix.

Let stand over night. Slice and bake in morning.

Note: No time or temperature given. Assume a 375 F. oven.

Source: Mrs. S. A. Schlup, Mifflin Grange, Wyandot County, OH