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Date Surprises

Ingredients

2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
2 Tbs sugar
Pitted dates
3 Tbs melted butter
1 beaten egg
1/3 cup milk
1 slightly beaten egg white for glaze

Instructions

Sift dry ingredients. Add the remaining ingredients to form a soft dough. Roll thin. Handle as little as possible. Cover individual dates with dough. Dates should be pitted and stuffed with a nutmeat. Glaze with beaten egg white. Bake at 350 degrees about 15 – 20 minutes. Be sure that cookies do not touch each other.

Recipe Yield

Makes about 4 - 5 dozen cookies 1x

Cookie Category:  Molded or Shaped/Rolled

Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ ☆