Mrs. West Icebox Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. brown sugar
1 c. Crisco
2 eggs
3 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped dates
1 c. chopped nuts (optional)

Preparation

Cream sugar, Crisco, eggs and vanilla.
Then add the flour. (Mix soda and cream of tartar with 2 cups flour and roll the dates and nuts in 1 cup of flour).
Make a stiff dough.
Form into a roll and put on wax paper.
Refrigerate 12 hours or you may drop from teaspoon onto cookie sheet.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 8 to 10 minutes.
Do not brown or they will be hard!
If you like soft cookie, put a slice of bread into the cookie container.
Makes 4 dozen small cookies.