Gumdrop Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup nuts
1/2 cup dates
1/2 cup gumdrop
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon hot water
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon clove
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/4 cups flour

Preparation

cream brown sugar and shortening
add eggs
add baking soda dissolved on hot water
sift dry ingredients.
add chopped nuts
cut up dates
cut up gumdrops
add to creamed mixture
drop by teaspoon on greased cookie sheet
this is were recipe stops iim guessing bake in 360 degree oven 10 minutes or until done check them they could burn easily with this much sugar.