Michigan Rocks - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 lb butter
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 lb walnuts
1 lb dates
1 cup raisins
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 ounces white wine

Preparation

Set oven to 325degrees.
If using whole dates and walnuts, chopped them. They don't need to be chopped real small, about the same size as the raisins or even a little larger is good. Set aside.
Cream the sugar and butter. Add the eggs and mix well.
Stir the baking soda into the 4 oz. of wine until it dissolves.
Add the flour, the wine mixture and the cinnamon to the sugar.
At this point, I use a wooden spoon to continue.
Add all the walnuts, dates, raisins and vanilla and stir by hand until mixed well. Batter will be soft and loaded with the fruit and nuts.
Drop by tsp on to a cookie sheet and bake till edges are brown.