Busy Mother'S Square-Pan Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. melted butter
2 c. brown sugar, firmly packed
2 eggs
2 7/8 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. cold coffee or milk
2 c. raisins, nuts and chopped dates, mixed

Preparation

Combine the butter and the sugar and beat well.
Add the eggs, one at a time if using an electric mixer.
Sift the dry ingredients together and add alternately with the coffee or milk. Fold in the fruit and nut mixture.
Spread thin in a greased baking pan.
Bake in a moderate oven, 350\u00b0, for about thirty minutes.
Cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Cut into squares.
Makes about thirty-two cookies.