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      Title: Date Pinwheel Cookies
 Categories: Cookies, Holiday
      Yield: 4 servings
 
    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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